Food Market
The potato is one food item that has intrigued researchers of Maltese food and foodways. Malta seems to have had a hate-love relationship with this vegetable. The Maltese were initially, to say [...]
Pitkal
One wonders how the largely illiterate Maltese farming community could keep track of any payments due when selling their produce at the vegetable and fruit market before the Second World War. [...]
Ful, ċiċri u karawett
Ful, ċiċri u karawett – l-għajta nofs il-bejgħ. Children would miss the calling of their mother but not the cries of the peanut seller. Always present in places of significant public gatherings, [...]
L-Imnarja
The feast of St Peter and St Paul, popularly known as L-Imnarja, was one of the most important feasts attracting participants from all over the island, who flocked to Buskett to enjoy some [...]
Bell Peppers
One of the typical summer smells of a Mediterranean home is that of chopped bell peppers being fried with onions, aubergines, courgettes and tomatoes to make the base of a delicious caponata. If [...]