Flounder Limone
by Danalia
Flounder in White Wine & Lemon Sauce
INGREDIENTS (About 4 Servings)
2 Cloves of Garlic, sliced
1/4 White Onion, sliced
1 Fresh Lemon
1 Glass of Pinot Grigio
Sicilian Sea Salt & Pepper to Taste
Unsalted Butter
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Find some fresh fish at your market, wash carefully as to not make it break, and put aside. In a sauce pan, add your olive oil and butter and heat until the butter has dissolved. Add your sliced and/or chopped onions, allow to sautee. Add your garlic and allow both to slightly brown (not burn). Deglaze with the white wine, and continue to cook until it comes back to a simmer. Cut your lemon in wedges, squeeze into the sauce and add the lemons in. Place your flounder in a glass pyrex dish and pour the suace over it, lemons and all. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes at 375F. Serve with rice, risotto, or steamed/sauteed vegetables.
The best beach is called...
by Ruthy2001
The best beach is called Baccarello where I was lucky enought to see a solar eclipse a few years ago - it is quite a hassle to get to but once there the water is clean and there is also a bar. If you visit at night, the music is excellent and the atmosphere relaxed. I can't remember the address but ask any young palermitan and they are sure to be able to give you directions
Thrill Seekers...
by marco2005
take a ride in La Vucciria (where is the daily market, near Piazza San Domenico) after the sunset.
You can stop to take some pics but do not switch off the engine :-)
Someone can find this place a little scary.
Vuccirìa is the largest and most popular market street in Palermo.
This is a great casbah-like markets, with mountains of food ranging from fresh swordfish steaks to all sorts of meat and recently harvested produce, reflecting the bounty of the Sicilian countryside. The array of such items as wild fennel, long-stemmed artichokes, blood oranges, and giant octopus will astound you.
This market trades Monday through Saturday until 2pm. Try to go before 10am, when it's at its most frenetic and colorful.
Better from the outside
by TheWanderingCamel
The layers of Palermo's history are written large on Palermo's cathedral. Set in the Capo quarter, its Norman origins are evident in its overall appearance, but years of Spanish rule are shown by the peculiarly Catalan style of the 15th century portico. A classical dome was added in the 18th century. The overall effect is grand if somewhat disjointed - all very typical of the changes and additions you'll find in buildings of great age anywhere. What lifts Palermo's cathedral into out of the ordinary run of such structures is the magnificent Arab-inspired decoration on the external fabric of the building - a truly extraordinary display of the geometric patterns and crenellations so typical of Arab architecture of the time.
The interior is rather less interesting. Whatever original decoration there was has disappeared under the acres of white marble that were installed in the 18th century. Just one small 12th century mosaic gem sits above the main entrance - a Madonna and child - the cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin. Apart from its huge size, some royal tombs and a treasury full of the usual ecclesiastical bric-a-brac you find in cathedral treasuries everywhere and a few fine royal jewels, there's not much else to impress, though a marble-inlaid meridian featuring the signs of the zodiac on the floor is an interesting curiosity.
The square outside is lined with palazzos, many of which were badly damaged in the bombing raids of 1943. All is restored now and the piazza is a handsome approach to the cathedral.
A trip to variation
by Loulou18
Hi!
I went to Palermo during my trip to Cefalú in Sicily.
Once there it was a struggle between cars, but a last we found our way and went to the catacombes which is very CREEPY! I also saw fireworks two days on a row and experienced some of the crowdy days followed by relative calm days. On saturdays we go shopping in Belgium, but in Palermo people go to the beach (do not go there on saturdays! unless you love this kind of crowdedness)Unfortunately we did not stay for long, but I will surely return!!!!
love always
Lis
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The Cathedral of Palermo
The Turk defeated
Wideshot of Via della Vetriera
