A bit about me

Name: Claudio Castronovo

Class: V Bsp ( ITGC "Foderà - Brunelleschi")

Age: 18 (I'm born 07-05-1991)

Hometown: Caltanissetta

Hobbies: My preferred hobby is to play football! Also I like to listen to music! My favourite Italian singer is Ligabue, so much I also like Skunk Anansie, a English Rock Band!

Things I love about Sicily: In Sicilia I love the sea, the sun and the food!

Things I would change in Sicily: I would like to change so many things about Sicilia. Above all the many prejudices against its people. Everybody thinks that Sicily = Mafia, while is not being this way! In Sicily above all there are people that have a love for life!

My favourite Sicilian: They are many the Sicilians that have with their works made Sicily great: for example Archimedes, for his inventions like the law of the communicating vases, Pirandello, Sciascia and Verga for the literature, and Falcone and Borsellino for their honesty and their courage! But certainly the Sicilian person most important to me is my beautiful girlfriend!

U taganu

Every year the feast of Aragona’s tagano is held on the first Sunday after Easter. It is a moment when tagano is distributed accompanied by local wine in Rosario plaza. The plaza is crowded with people who taste the dish. “U taganu” is a dish that symbolises Easter in Aragona. The pasta dish is seasoned with meat, eggs and cheese. The name comes from the earthenware pan. It’s cooked in the afternoon of Holy Saturday to be consumed on Easter Monday. “U taganu” is baked in the oven for at least two hours and it can be eaten cold or hot.

Marcello V Bsp