When thinking about Sicily, one of the first things that comes in mind are definitively those notch quality Vegetables. Is there any original Sicilian Vegan recipe, in the Sicilian Cuisine? Its unique history, full of stylistic blends both in the…
Sicilian Proverbs – When talking to people about life, according to some of them the proverbs would be the quintessence of ignorance, a philosophical way of simply expressing clichés, obvious things in a catchy way. According to others, however, they…
Chocolate! Who does not love chocolate? Well, Sicilians love it a lot, and in a small town called Modica chocolate is made in a unique way that makes it famous worldwide! Modica Is a city of fewer than 60.000 inhabitants…
🗓 Updated March 2026 · 📖 ~10 min read · 🗺 Sicilian Heritage You have probably seen it flying from balconies in Palermo, tattooed on the arms of Sicilians living abroad, printed on ceramics in every market from Catania to…
Hidden Gems Every food culture has its hidden gems, those bizarre foods that may sound and taste entirely normal to the people that belong to that place, but that in fact may sound disgusting in the rest of the world!…
Christmas. Who doesn’t like Christmas? Winter time, snow (well, not in Sicily..), presents, streets full of lights, Michael Bublé singing Christmas songs, crazy shopping, little Christmas markets, celebrations, and food, load and load of food, especially if you are Sicilian, you…
6. Rizzo From “hedgehog” to indicate physical characteristics (spiky or curled hair) or temperamental (harsh) of the progenitor. 7. Greco From the medieval Greek name, from the Latin graecus, “born in Greece / from Greece” and which therefore originally very…
We all know that cooking some of the most typical dishes from any cuisine, will never have the same result as having them in their original birthplace. Is not like we can’t cook properly because I’m pretty sure that some of…
2 – Martin Scorsese The American director ( director of Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and the most recent The Irishman ), screenwriter, actor and film producer, part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of…
3) Frank Sinatra The famous singer and actor is considered by many music critics to be the greatest voice of the 20th century. He was born in Hoboken in 1915 to parents of Italian origins: he was the only child of…
