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Students interested in the Food in Sicily study away program, scheduled for May 10-31, 2023, are invited to attend an upcoming information session on Microsoft Teams. Participants in the study abroad experience can earn six Ohio University credits, learn about the culture of food in Sicily, and get hands-on experience tasting and making Sicilian di...

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Michael Cavalieri is an Actor/Writer/Director originally from New York. His Directorial Debut “RITORNATO” was awarded a special grant by the Russo Brothers, the Directors of Avengers: Endgame (the highest grossing film of all time), the National Italian American Foundation and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America. Based on a true story about f...

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Around the U.S., hundreds of pizzerias offer regular or Sicilian-style slices – the latter having more of a focaccia-like texture. The square-shaped slice features a thick dough, usually covered with cheese and tomato sauce, and, like a standard triangular slice, can hold toppings. This pizza most refer to as “Sicilian” is actually derived from sfi...

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Italy can’t help herself. She looks beautiful, as always, on screen. And she can’t pass up a chance to be the setting of a hit TV show. Of course, that leads to a boom in tourism. This leads to more people falling in love with Italy’s gorgeous settings. Yada yada yada…it’s a vicious cycle. Now that the worst of the pandemic seems to be behind us —...

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Although Sicily is part of Italy and almost all Sicilians speak fluently the Italian language, the old Sicilian language (that is not a dialect despite what people says) is still alive and kicking. It is slightly different from town to town, from east to west, but all these languages are based on the old Sicilian language. As Wikipedia says “Some a...

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When I was a boy, my father regaled me with stories about the history of Sicily. I remember him telling me about coastal watchtowers passing warnings via signal fires from the shores of the island into the interior. (According to historian Robert C. Davis, there are 137 such watchtowers on the coasts of Sicily. Isn’t it great when family legends ma...

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Yes, we love geographic U-turns. In this episode of Rare Wines we join two distant lands, not only geographically, but by way of small productions of great sweet wines, which are increasingly difficult to find. Let's start from Sicily, from the beauty of Ustica and its vineyards overlooking the sea, living in the middle of the sea. Zhabib Passito 2...

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Sicily, Persephone and Trinacria. These are just a few names bestowed on the beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea. It was Persephone I was thinking of as I saw the island rise from the sea during my first visit in 1996 as our traghetto (ferry) crossed the strait of Messina. Sicily has been forged by the cultures of Greek, Roman, Byzan-tine, Ar...

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The oldest tree in Europe is found in Italy: but how do we know? And who established it? It is well known that nature can always surprise us with its miracles, its beauty and its power. And that the human being, although often disrespectful of what surrounds him, nourishes at the same time great curiosity for what Mother Nature offers him, too. And...

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THE Blues train built by Hitachi Rail for Trenitalia, recently exhibited at InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin, is to enter service in Sicily, making it the first tri-mode (battery, diesel and electric) train in regular passenger operation. Hitachi has a framework agreement with Trenitalia to supply 135 Blues trains with a total value of €1.2bn. Of that orde...

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