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Spaghetti ai ricci in sea-urchin sauce, swordfish carpaccio on a seafront terrace, veg-spiked arancini and primeval offal at a market: whatever the time, place or occasion, Sicily cooks up traditional dishes and street snacks bursting with seasonal flavor and top-quality island produce. Fish and shellfish abound in this sun-spun kitchen. Over the c...

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The Niagara region is populated with tens of thousands of residents of Italian descent, including those with Sicilian lineage. A new, profusely illustrated book celebrates Sicily and other Italian islands and the food that’s prepared in their cities and villages. Katie Parla, an American from New Jersey who moved to Rome, Italy, to immerse herself...

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Messina has the smarmy air of the city by the sea historically open to hospitality and a romantic and melancholic Belle Èpoque air bequeathed by the post-seismic reconstruction (the devastating earthquake of 1908 razed millennia of history to the ground).  While tourists usually aspire to other, more storied Sicilian destinations, it's indeed a pri...

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Among the greatest natural wonders to admire in southern Italy, everyone thinks right away about Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe and one of the most suggestive tourist destinations to visit and discover throughout the year, especially for hiking and outdoor sports lovers. However, it’s not common knowledge that the natural area around th...

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If you explore the magnificent Sicily, even for a few moments, you will touch the inner fire of this land. Yet, it is not by streets and sunburned archaeological sites that we want to take you today, but rather to discover the fire that resurfaces from the bowels of the earth. In this article, in fact, you will discover the best thermal baths you c...

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Winter is ideal for visiting Sicily and Sardinia. In fact, the major islands offer unique emotions. Moreover, in this period of the year they offer the visitor a different view than in the summer months. There are many advantages you can have going to the larger islands in winter than in summer. Here you can discover Sicily and its wonders. Also yo...

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"Sicily can become a clean energy hub for Europe. Not only does this island have sun and wind in abundance: it also has a solid industrial base in the clean technologies. Sicily is crucial for energy transition also for another reason. A few miles from your coastlines there is what may become another giant for clean energy: the African continent"....

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My mother's father's father, Francesco Bruscato of Vicari Sicily, came to America twice. Once at age 18 in 1900 through Ellis Island in steerage with his 15-year-old sister, and a friend whose last name was Zagone. There were 1,300 other Sicilians on the boat pictured. He arrived in America with $4.00 to get from New York to Clarks, where his spons...

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Carota Novella di Ispica first made their appearance in 1955, but were not cultivated and exported until 1968. The merit for this goes to the Curto farm, which also indicated the production area under the Carota Novella di Ispica name, which was later established definitively. Among the first farmers to grow “Ispica New Carrots” were the Caia broth...

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There was no shortage of brilliance in Mike White’s supremely popular second season of The White Lotus, from the complex characters, epic outfits and iconic one-liners to the dark chaos that unfolds. But for die-hard Italophiles, it was all the more fabulous for being set in Sicily. Fiery, mysterious, multi-faceted and largely misunderstood, Sicily...

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