View to the right out my Balcony , Domus Maraie Hotel , ORTIGA SIRACUSA 

PIAZZA SINATRA

Agrigento , Sicilia

“I’m up in The BELL TOWER of The CATHEDRAL of AGRIGENTO

SICILY

TEMPLE of HERA

Agrigento , SICILIA

Temple of Concordia

500 BC

Agrigento

The CATHEDRAL of PALERMO

PALAZZO NORMANNI

Palermo

Antica Focacceria S. Franceso

Palermo , Sicily

Home of Pane Milza

aka Vastedda

ARANCINI & PANE MILZA at ANTICA FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

PALERMO , SICILY

AQUA MELONE

Antica Mercato Siracusa

View Out My Balcony Of PIAZZA del DUOMO

The CATHEDRAL & ELEFANTE

Europa Centrale Hotel

CATANIA

SAL & ANTONIO

Catania

GELATO di ZUPPA INGLESE

PIAZZA del DUOMO

TAORMINA

Swimming in The MEDITERRANEAN SEA at CEFALU

Me At The TEATRO GRECO

SIRACUS , SICILIA

CATHEDRAL of SIRACUSA

Isla Ortigia

CATHEDRAL di SIRACUSA

ANTIPASTO MISTA

La TAVERNETTA

ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

Caponata, Roast Peppers, Local Fish

Spaghetti Pesce Spada

La TAVERNETTA TRATTORIA

ORTIGIA

CASATA

A Glass of MARSALA After Dinner at La TAVERNETTA

ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

SICILIA

View From My BALCONY

Domus Mariae Hotel

ORTIGIA

DOMUS MARIAE 

My Hotel in ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA

View to the right out my Balcony , Domus Maraie Hotel , ORTIGA SIRACUSA 

My Hat & GRANITA

La BAR

ORTIGIA , SICILY

GRANDMA BELLINO’S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

ARANCINI in SICILY

Recipe in GRANDMA BELLINO’S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

Recipes From My SICILIAN NONNA

Temple of Concordia

Agrigento, Sicily

INSALATA SICILIANA

at a Little Trattoria in ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

SPAGHETTI con COZZE

ORTIGIA

Old FIAT 500

On Streets of AGRIGENTO

BEST MEAL of The TRIP

PASTA al FORNO

PALUMBO

 AGRIGENTO , SICILIA

Recipe in GRANMA BELLINO’S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

Recipes From My SICILIAN NONNA

This was The BEST DISH on The WHOLE TRIP

POLLO ARROSTO con PATATE e CIPOLLA

at ROSTICCERIA PALUMBO

AGRIGENTO

LEMON GRANITA

AGRIGENTO

ANTIPASTO MISTA

CAPONATA , STUFFED EGGPLANT, MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

ZUCCHINI , e CIPOLLA

TRATTORIA U FUCULARA

CANTANIA

SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO “Z”

Bussiatta con Gamberi Bronte e Pistachio

Cantania

Insalta di Polpo

Trattoria on ORTIGIA , SIRACUSA

GAMBERONI GRATINATA

ORTIGIA

A Church in SICILY

VIEW From VILLA DAFNE,  ALIA

Great Pool with an AMAZING VIEW

VILLA DAFNE , Alia , Sicilia

View Out My Room

VILLA DAFNE

ALIA, SICILY near ROCCAPALUMBA & LERCARA FRIDDI

The DUOMO , LERCARA FRIDDI

DUOMO

Lercara Friddi

Nonno Bellino

My Grandfather FILLIPO BELLINO

Born in LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILIA

about 18812

MARIA SALEMI

Maybe a Long Lost Relative

Old House in LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY

Maybe My Grandparents lived in one like this ?

Francesco His Nonno & Me at their caffe, CAFFE GLAMOUR

Lercara Friddi

“BIG GUY” having un Caffe at CAFFE GLAMOUR , Lercara Friddi SICILY

Me and The GIRLS at The Municipal Hall , LERCARA FRIDDI

SICILIA

DUOMO

LERCARA FRIDDI

Un CANNOLO in a Pasticceria LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY

Piazza Romano , Lercara Friddi

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANO

TOMATOES & EGGPLANTS

CAPONATA Too !!!

RECIPES in GRANDMA BELLINO’S COOKBOOK

Oranges for my Fresh OK at FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

TIMBALLO di ANELLETTI SICILIANA

Bar Santoro , PALERMO

Church in Agrigento

Church in Agrigento

Via Maqueda , Palermo

CAPONATA

TRATTORIA CARTARI , Palermo

CAPONATA Recipe in GRANDMA BELLINO’S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

Recipes From My Sicilian Nonna

RECIPES from MY SICILIAN NONNA

AMAZON.com

Me & Fillipo of TRATTORIA CARTARI , Palermo

Drinking Insolia BDP

Spaghetti con Broccoli

CARTARI

Drinking FRAPPATO with DINNER

Trattoria Cartari

Cucuzza Pepperoni Melanzane Zucchini e Pomodoro

RECIPES : PASTA GAGOOTZ , CAPONATA , e MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

CAVALOFIORE

RECIPE For PASTA with CAULIFLOWER

GRANDMA BELLINO’S COOKBOOK

MELANZANE PARMIGIANO

aka

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

Cathedral

CEFALU

A PANINO to Bring to The BEACH in CEFALU

Where I Swam in CEFALU

After a Swim in The Mediterranean CEFALU

La ROCCA , Cefalu

Me & My APEROL SPRITZ ata Cool Bar in PALERMO

Espresso & Bomboloni Antica Caffe Maria , Mercato Ballaro , Palermo , Italy

My Hat an ARANCINI (wrapped To Go) and My Sicilian Vacation Journal

at a Caffe by The Bus & Train Station Catania

This was when I got off Bus from SIRACUSA and was waiting for Bus to Palermo

a BUS LAYOVER in SICILY

Me at The CATHEDRAL in CEFALU

Trattoria La Tavernetta , Lercara Friddi

Had Lunch Here

The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK

SECRET RECIPE

The VUCCIRIA

by Renato Gattuso

ANTICA FOCACCERIA S. FRANCESCO

Palermo , SICILY

Oratorio di Santa Cita

by Giacomo Serpotta

PALERMO

“SLEEPING”

Chapel Santa Cita

Look for My New Book

COMING SOON

Trattoria Trapani

PALERMO

GRILLED CALAMARI

TRATTORIA TRAPANI

GRIGILIA MISTA di MARE

CALAMARI & SWORDFISH

TRATTORIA TRAPANI

Spaghetti con Cozze

Spaghetti Vongole

BOLITO di POLPO

MERCATO BALERO

PALERMO, SICILY

“MANGIA la POLPO” !!

Grandma Bellino’s Italian Cookbook

RECIPES From My Sicilian Grandmother

Giuseppina Salemi Bellino

Oratorio del Rosario Santa Cita

Palermo

Oratoria Santa Cita

The Battle of Lepanto (7 October 1571). A fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of European Catholic maritime states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. In the history of naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought entirely or almost entirely between rowing vessels, the galleys and Galeasses which were still the direct descendants of the ancient trireme warships. The battle was in essence an “infantry battle on floating platforms”. It was the largest naval battle in Western history since classical antiquity, involving more than 400 warships. The victory of the Holy League is of great importance in the history of Europe and of the Ottoman Empire, marking the turning-point of Ottoman military expansion into the Mediterranean. It was also of great symbolic importance in a period when Europe was torn by its own wars of religion following the Protestant Reformation, strengthening the position of Philip II of Spain as the “Most Catholic King” and defender of Christendom against Muslim incursion.

The Church of SANTA LUCIA

PIAZZA del DUOMO

SIRACUSA

Villa Casale

Sicily

Temple of Hera

Agrigento

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PASTA con SARDE

TIMBALLO di MELANZANE

SIRACUSA

 

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