The Cuisine of Sicily

On a recent trip to Sicily, the locals made it perfectly clear, that soccer aside “they are Sicilians, not Italians.”  Sicily is a wonderfully diverse island and depending on which shore you are on, the food is influenced by the nearest country: the East is influenced by Southern Italy and Greece, the South and West by Spain and Africa and the North by France and Corsica.  This makes for a colorful journey around the island and a number of opinions on what is Sicilian food.  In this class, we will feast on dishes from all shores: chickpea fritters, eggplant caponata on toasts, salad of oranges, black cured olives and arugula and handmade Cavatelli with Fresh Almond Pesto and and Zeppole (Italian doughnuts) with Zabaglione.