THE CHEEKY CHEF
linda lou's "travel-inspired cuisine"
a Greek girl in NYC, Sicily, Brasil & beyond...
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our bottarga pusher
(Mercato della Vucciria, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia - 11 May 2013)
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cheeky butchers in Palermo
(Mercato della Vucciria, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia - 11 May 2013)
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flirting with fishmongers
(Porto Antico, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia - 11 May 2013)
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fresh swordfish steaks #nofilter #swordfish #pescespada #pesce #pescivendolo #fishmonger #fish #ballaró #mercato #sicilia #sicily #palermo #mercatoballaró (at Mercato Ballaró)
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boiled baby octopus for breakfast. not quite there yet. #mercato #vucciria #palermo #sicilia #sicily (at Vucciria)
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i’m completely in love w/ this place. these old faces & real worker’s hands. proud of who they are & what they do.
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today’s adorable Sicilian farm animal is this cute baby goat I met at the bar while drinking a cappuccino this morning. @fabrizialanza can we keep her?! (at Bar Ethos)
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a day in Maria Grammatico’s pastry lab: velata (fondant), genovese, belli e bruti “pretty & ugly”, bocconcini “tits of the nuns”, quaresimali (twice-baked almond biscotti), & her famous marzipan lamb!
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sweet success! yogurt & pistachio gelati made from scratch w/ @fabrizialanza #annatascalanza #casevecchie #sicilia (at Anna Tasca Lanza Sicilian Cooking Experience)
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a memorable day in Erice with @FabriziaLanza and Maria Grammatico - “the pastry queen of Sicily”.
(La Pasticceria di Grammatico Maria, Erice, Sicilia, Italia - 12 March 2013)
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a thank you cake for my butcher. cassata infornata: pasta frolla, ricotta cream, limoncello, candied orange peel, candied cherries, orange spongecake #sicilia #sicily #sweets #dolce #dessert #cake #thecheekychef (at Case Vecchie)
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drying sage & geranium for the #casevecchie herb blend. A mix of 10 herbs from @fabrizialanza’s garden (at Case Vecchie)
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here’s the stigghiole I made w/ our butcher today! #stigghiole #bbq #streetfood #offal #sicilia #italia #sicily @guyarnone you know about this stuff?? (at La Casa Dei Sapori)
