Celebrations are always a magical time, but it is around steaming trays and pots emanating delicious scents that a special atmosphere arises

This Sicilian delicacy is the result of the inventiveness of the island's people, who handed down in time a poor but delicious preparation

A recipe poor in ingredients, which reaches the restaurants in the streets of Palermo, conquering all sorts of palates. It consists of some typical fried squares from the Sicilian capital, whose history could date back to over a thousand years ago It is told that Arabs, who dominated the island between the 9th and...

The Greeks and then the Romans were the first to use beans for cooking, as attested in the comedy The Frogs by Aristophanes and in the works of Pliny According to the tradition, ‘u paìsi du maccu (i.e. the village of the maccu) would be Raffadali, in the province of Agrigento. To the inhabitants...

Its name comes from the Italian verb granire, meaning to reduce to grains. Its arrival on the island, instead, is due to the Arab gastronomic tradition, as during their domination in Sicily they imported a frozen drink flavored with fruit juices and called sherbet Anyone in the world has not heard of it at...

Unlike what one might think, this dessert was not invented after the canonization of the young sicilian martyr and would have its roots in the cults in honour of the goddesses Isis and then Demeter, both common in ancient times in Sicily There is no person from Catania nor tourist who does not know...

For those who live in Sicily, it is not necessary to travel overseas to discover the origins and some curiosities related to the pumpkin, since in the southernmost region of Italy the so-called cucùzza has a lot to tell Autumn is the season of Halloween, All Saints Day and … Pumpkins! These fruits of...

It is a simple dish with a strong Mediterranean flavor, consisting of a few ingredients and creating a symphony for taste buds. There are no certainties about its origins: some people associate it to a tribute to Vincenzo Bellini, while others to…. Nino Martoglio’s sense of humor Short pasta (generally macaroni), tomato sauce, fried...

With cheap magic boxes filled with surprising content, that would otherwise end up in the garbage, Too Good to Go allows trading activities and customers to give a contribution to the world. A novelty that has just arrived in Catania

An example of Sicilian versatility is given by the term cùddura, which indicates a type of loaf widespread in general in the South of Italy and whose etymology comes from the Greek. Surprisingly, it has distinct meanings according to the province where it is eaten