Ciao!
I was raised in a family that loved to gather around a table decorated with delicious homemade Italian foods, fresh bread, pasta with eggplants and sauce, tomato salad, and a variety of cheeses. Such variety was thanks to my island home, Palermo, Sicily, rich in soil thanks to Mount Etna, producing some of the most distinctive fruits and vegetables in the form of cactus pears, watermelons, and plums, found right in our garden.
Our Mediterranean Sea gave us the best of the seafood as it provided us with fish like amberjack, octopus, and orata, straight off the boat at local sea markets. Each ingredient was carefully cultivated from one of these many sources and brought directly to our table to provide a complete meal. I began adding my own touch to the table in my teenage years and my passion for cooking flourished.
My specialty is creating traditional Italian and Sicilian dishes but my true love for cooking lies in creating new dishes that embody our Sicilian spirit. The dishes I conceive represent not only Italian culture but the way in which I perceive cooking, not as a profession but as a craft, as an art.
Saluti,
Antonella
Antonella Modern Italian Fare 