Exploring: Bosco di Santo Pietro

This was how we spent last Sunday. Basking in the sun, eating excessive amounts of delicious food, and hiking through Bosco di Santo Pietro where I learned that cork trees don't really have corks hanging from their branches like in the Ferdinand illustrations. Usually, my favorite part of our Sunday adventures  are the hikes that we take, but last Sunday our lunch was the highlight of the day for me. 

As we ventured further and further into the countryside, I began to worry that our adventure would soon turn into a very hungry one. And then we saw the little white sign: "Antichi Sapori Mediterranei"(ancient Mediterranean flavors). We backed up and pulled into one of the most delightful meals we have had since moving to Sicily and that's saying a lot since we had many good meals in Sicily. Freshly grilled artichokes, fava beans, broccoli, couscous, ricotta cheese, salami, pumpkin, sauteed greens, bread hot from the oven, olives, roasted chickpeas, another bean dish, caponata...those were just the appetizers which took us nearly two hours to eat. We ate so much of the antipasti course that we wimped out on the full meal which would have meant two pasta dishes, a meat dish, salad, and dessert. Sunday lunch in Sicily is a very good thing.