PALERMO

After moving to Palermo, I very quickly filled my home with ceramics: jars for flour and sugar, everyday tableware, serving dishes and baking dishes, jugs and vases. I dreamed of having a ceramic sink and tiled walls on the terrace, but apparently that will have to wait for another[…]

Once I was invited to the wedding of my Sicilian friends, who were living abroad for work. I wasn’t sure what to give Sicilians who undoubtedly missed home. In the end, I chose two Teste di Moro paintings. At first I wondered if they were just a tourist cliché,[…]

The first coppola I bought in Palermo turned out not to be quite a real coppola. Still, it protects me from the sun, and believe me, Sicilian caps are not just for decoration. A light linen cap that stays firmly on your head in gusty winds and is barely[…]