I’m talking about chefs and sculptors today.

There was no need for me to eat breakfast because the “street food tour” was with plenty of delicious food! Our guide walked us through various areas in the historic city center of Naples and we ate bruschetta, Buffalo mozzarella, margherita pizza, fried pizza, frittatine, baba, sfogliatella frolla and gelato. If you don’t know those foods, I write a bit more in tomorrow’s post. Italians love their cheese and fried food, that I can say for sure! The chefs know they need fresh ingredients and then they do their cooking magic.

What was of interest to me was where limoncello is made. We actually stopped at the “laboratory” and anyone could make this lemon liqueur. The greener the lemon peel the better, steep them in non-potato vodka until you have the oils, add a simple syrup and while this is not the recipe, you will see there is not much to the process. The crema di limone that you may make is 20% alcohol; limoncello is 30% alcohol and nocino is 40%… wow! People, especially in southern Italy, sip on this lemon liqueur as a digestif and palate cleanser. You don’t drink much because you could get drunk. So, if you want to help your body digest the food you had eaten, have some limoncello!

Okay…. Now for the master sculptors. You need to make a reservation to visit San Severo Chapel. It’s a small chapel, audio guide is good, and no photos can be be taken. The “veiled Christ” is quite a marble masterpiece done so many hundreds of years ago. It’s too bad we all can’t touch it to feel the smoothness of the marble. The sculptures around the chapel are amazing! If you google the name of the chapel you will see some photos from people who ignored the sign, no photos, till caught. Today there were 3 guards watching us in the chapel. I can respect the directions.

I then went to the Cathedral of Naples. It is huge! Some photos from there:

Graffiti is encouraged around the city and of course I found the mural where Maradona is considered godly.

How do chefs, sculptors, painters do it… practice… well that’s my answer!