Making sun dried tomato paste in Sicily

Dry farming, mafia free lands and the perfume of tomato leaf

I first did this incredible experience in 2021 when the world was still “closed” to covid, so it felt particularly special to be able to travel to Sicily and be with other people, eating and cooking together and breaking down 120 kilos of tomatoes. It was not lost on our little group how lucky we were just to be together with others. This somehow still …