Street food Palermo: A melting pot in the Mediterranean – Street Food (VIDEO)
Palermo, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily at the heart of the Mediterranean, has been a crossroads between cultures for centuries and continues to do so today.
Sicily is one of the southern-most points of Europe and the different conquerers and cultures which reigned there have all left a mark – not least on the food.
“I think every culture, every people that has come here and that has conquered Sicily has left its imprint – not only on the architecture but also on the cooking,” says food historian Mary Taylor.
In this episode of Street Food, we explore how in a city where cooking is an art form, past influences and modern challenges have an effect on the local cuisine.
Editor’s note: This film was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English in 2008.
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Eat Your Children. Leave Goats in the field. Eat your mother an father, brother.
A pity that she does not say clearly what she is eating and discussing. The first dish for example were involtini (I could see) from goat meat (she said?). Then she bought an arancino a rice ball which can be filled with almost anything. I think I even saw pass before my eyes a panino con porchetta (not really Sicilian). Anyhow I got irritated and i'll watch it again when I have more patience. Being part Italian myself I am curious what she comes up with.
Ciao bravo grazie Mille
Thanks for the great video and effort.
no need for dubbing, subs is enough!
Why bring the mafia into this it's about food of Palermo and elsewhere. There are lots of programs about La Cosa Nostra leave it.
Great Palermo
Dinner Italian Best sicilia
She sounds like Sofia vergara:-)
"It's really nice. And it tastes great!"
Seriously? That's your description of a gourmet, signature dish in a world class restaurant, prepared by the featured chef just for you?
Fabolous
I'm getting hungry
13:34 WHAT!!? I know since the mafia was "bad" you can say just about anything about them…but farmers NEVER EVER EVER EVER had to pay protection money. The whole idea of the old Sicilian Mafia (Cosa Nostra) began because of the neglect of Sicily by the government. So businesses where at first bargained with to rather pay the local "mafia" the money they would pay for tax to the government, as the government would then not support and neglect Sicily. This documentary should have stuck to street food.
Ooooo you said arancino instead of arancina. Them fight words in palermo
LIAR, LIAR:LIAR !!!! Palermo: Carholic, White , Normand and Western culture!!
is she italian?
ciao from the PH
"So then what meat /do/ the poor people of modern Polermo eat?"
"They don't."
E pagano tutti il pizzo!
Italy and France – the only western countries with great, decent cuisines.