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

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...

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...

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...

Massimiliano Coco: «Proposing “pesce d’uovo”,  a dish that my mum was used to make at home, is a way to introduce others to our culture through a sensorial experience» Tourist guides are the ambassadors of the naturalistic, historical and architectural beauties of any land and, as cultural operators and spokespeople for the many tourists...