Mommy Maria! • publisher Christian Munich | number of pages 224

Author: Cettina Vicenzino Family recipes from Sicily Cettina, Maria's daughter, has collected 75 genuine Sicilian family recipes for years and written down in this book. With much love and energetic help of her big family she prepared the typical Sicilian dishes. And Giuseppina, her sister, describes in 9 short stories the turbulent family history that has swept the parents in the 60s to Cologne and remembers the childhood and life in Sicily. On the Italian island, there is a sensual culture that is still characterized by deep-rooted, widely ramified traditions. Arancini, small stuffed rice balls, Pasta con i ceci, pasta with chickpeas, and Parmigiana Catanese, an eggplant casserole, or Cassata, the world famous semi-frozen cake with nuts and fruits, testify to the influences of various peoples, such as the Phoenicians, Greeks and Arabs. For this book, Cettina Vicenzino has made a selection of simple, of common, of original, of unusual, of elaborate and also secret recipes to show the range of Sicilian cuisine. 224 pages 1st edition 2009 Hardcover, 235 x 165mm Christian Munich ISBN: 978-3-88472-948-9