{"id":3298,"date":"2011-09-07T16:20:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/2011\/09\/07\/a-visit-to-sorrento-limoncello\/"},"modified":"2011-09-07T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T23:20:31","slug":"a-visit-to-sorrento-limoncello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2011\/09\/07\/a-visit-to-sorrento-limoncello\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Limoncello &#124; From Lemon Grove to Global Sensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2011 Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sorrento.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"thickbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"sorrento\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sorrento\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/sorrento_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA day in the hot sun of Sorrento Italy makes one think of ways to cool down..the traditional way to refresh, digest and cool down here is to have a quick shot of limoncello..here are some interesting facts about this drink that is a favorite now around the world:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/limoncello_sorrento.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"thickbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"limoncello_sorrento\" border=\"0\" alt=\"limoncello_sorrento\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/limoncello_sorrento_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nThe drink was invented in the early 1900\u2019s by Maria Antonia&nbsp; on the island of Capri at her little \u2018pensione\u2019 since she had an abundant lemon and orange grove to pick from. After WWII a grandson decided to pick up the family business and open up a restaurant near his gradnmother\u2019s little pensione and served (what he called) \u2018liquore di limone\u2019. But in 1988 Massimo Canale decided to start an artisan lemon grove and&nbsp; produce his&nbsp; great grandmother\u2019s traditional recipe for a trademark or DOC and call it \u2018limoncello. So now , only if this beverage is made with the lemons from the Sorrento\/Amalfi\/Capri region can it be called Limoncello. If made with other lemons it must be called something else.<br \/>\nThe lemons of Sorrento\/Amalfi.Capri used for this are a special lemon that are also trademarked.&nbsp;&nbsp; and have a thick skin that has a lot of oil and is very aromatic..perfect for limoncello.<br \/>\nIf you are in the Sorrento\/Amalfo\/Capri area, when the limoncello is served it typically signals the end of the meal, instead of coffee since limoncello is also considered a digestive.<br \/>\nThe best way to enjoy a shot of limoncello is plain , or with tonic water or in champagne!&nbsp; But it makes a refreshing sauce for vanilla gelato or plain pound cake.<br \/>\nJoin me in Sorrento and Amalfi on my all inclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/cooking-school-villa-in-italy\/\">luxury cruise<\/a> in May 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2011 Art of Living,PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati &nbsp; A day in the hot sun of Sorrento Italy makes one think of ways to cool down..the traditional way to refresh, digest and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,35,40,51,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts","category-food-facts","category-history-of-foods","category-italian-culture","category-italy"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}