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Theresa Maggio

Sicily

Rais Gioacchino Cataldo guest appearance on cooking show

March 7, 2016
Tags: rais, Gioacchino Cataldo, Favignana, tonnara, tuna, sperm, delicacy, cooking, cuisine, sicilian, sicily, Culture, Ancient, fisherman
Thanks to a heads-up from fellow Sicily lover Karen LaRosa of LaRosaWorks.com:

Gioacchino Cataldo, Rais della tonnara di #Favignana

Gioacchino Cataldo, Rais della tonnara di #Favignanaporta la tradizione dei prodotti di tonnara a MasterChef Italia 5#egadi #isoleegadi #egadiislands #visitegadiGioacchino Cataldo l'ultimo Rais

Posted by Visit Egadi on Friday, February 19, 2016
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A bloodless mattanza for tourists

February 29, 2016
Tags: Favignana, tonnara, mattanza, tuna, tourist, fake, sham, Money, tourism, giant bluefin tuna
A Favignana mattanza circa 1993.
I read in La Repubblica that the tonnara is coming back to Favignana, but just to draw tourists, and the men will not lift the tuna in teams of eight with lances of varying lengths as they used to. To know what a tonnara used to be like, please read my first book, Mattanza.  Read More 
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SHort Break: Favignana Photos

October 28, 2015
Tags: Favignana, egadi, isole, island, tonnara, fishermen, Beach, fun, blue, sea, sky, tuna, archeology, Clemente Ventrone, Cristina Torre, Theresa Maggio, tonnaroti, tradition, net, Beauty, nature, sun, mediterranean, world unto itself


Circa early- to mid-1990s. Here's the video link in case the embed code does not work:
http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01304&video=61535
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Tonnara Florio at Palermo

April 6, 2014
Tags: tonnara, florio, Palermo, arenella, palermo dei misteri, Professor carlo di franco, seaside, tuna, tannin, sumac, mirto, leather, industry, sicily, sicilians, Italy, windy


Guided visit today to the ex- Florio tonnara in Arenella, Palermo, conducted by the president of the non-profit association, La Palermo Dei Misteri, anthropologist and professor Carlo Di Franco, a man who can make the stones talk.
The tonnara had been there for three centuries when the Florio family ( the Sicilian Rockefellers, originally from  Read More 
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