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The Sicilian Table: Lo Sfincione

  This is the second edition of The Sicilian Table: Scacce & Stories, and I’m delighted to share a recipe rooted in a bread-based tradition, this time from Palermo: lo sfincione . You would be right in thinking that it doesn’t sit neatly alongside scacce or impanate , even though it carries that same deeply rooted sense of place. Rather, it sits beside them; a reminder that each town has its own expression of something baked, folded, filled, or topped. In Palermo, that expression takes the form of sfincione , a tradition that comes with a story close to my guest contributor’s heart. When Lindsay Marie Morris shared her story with me, it was clear that it wasn’t only about sfincione — the Palermitan-style pizza of Sicily, but also about migration, separation, letters that could no longer be sent, and a love that endured across war and distance. Lindsay begins by tracing her connection to Sicily and the lives lived between two places. Her story unfolds through her grandparents,...
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Hello!  My name is Carmen author of The Heirloom Chronicles.  The intention for this blog came from a desire to document my family recipes and traditions along with their related stories.  I am an Italo Australian born in Domodossola, a small city in the Piedmont region in the north of Italy.  My parents and sister are from the Basilicata region of Italy – papa` from Acerenza, mamma from Montemurro and my sister from Potenza.    

We migrated to Australia in 1970 and with this great move we brought with us as many of our heirlooms and maintained food traditions that have kept us connected with our family back home.    I married an Australian who is of Sicilian descendant and with these three regions of Italy coming together in our family, recipes with related stories have evolved.   Through my writing, I preserve the voices and dishes carried across oceans.

The ingredients I cook with and write about are those that my grandparents grew and cooked with, maintaining this philosophy of 'cucina povera' that my parents still live by. Making do with humble seasonal ingredients and transforming them into memorable tasty dishes resonates with my idea of cooking.   These most treasured heirlooms are the sweet memories of our family that I write about and wish to pass down to my children.

The Heirloom Chronicles blog has been inspired by my varied interests in cooking - researching recipes and ingredients from the past; gardening - learning to grow, preserve and cook with fruits, vegetable, herbs and wild greens commonly used by my parents & grandparents.

 For more than three decades I've worked in fashion and textile education, building bridges between classrooms, industry, and community. My leadership in collaborative, government-funded international programs and industry partnerships was recognised with a university award for enhancing student learning.

I also love to travel, have an appreciation for art and photography, so occasionally you will see this interwoven through my blog posts, and Instagram. I cook from the heart and hope you enjoy reading my blog!







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