Sicily at its best: salsa di pomodoro
In Palazzo Lanza Tomasi the summer heat dims and the sea breeze flows through the French windows. On the terrace, the sunlight sweeps through, sending flickers of sunshine onto the newly born tortoises. Nibbling on a fallen hibiscus flower, they bumble through the...
The Duchess’ Gelo di Mellone: the Summer dessert in Palermo!
It’s watermelon season, which for us means one thing: watermelon pudding, or known to the Sicilians as Gelo di mellone. Jasmine flowers which can be found growing in the terrace garden of our Palazzo, are added for a unique, exotic flavour.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Only a few times during the Summer, under the darkness of a night with a full moon (what those in the know call a Full Sturgeon Moon) a spectacular event occurs on my terrace – the blooming of the Queen of the Night.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
It’s a very exciting period here at Butera 28 Apartments and in Palermo. The high season has started and tourists are flocking to Sicily.