Sicily Guide

The Greek Theater in Syracuse (Sicily), UNESCO World Heritage Site, will stage the classic productions of The Oresteia by Aeschylus Euripides from May 8 through June 22, 2008. Thanks to the Instituto Italiano per il Dramma Antico (INDA), this spectacular setting has been turning into a real ancient action every other year for 44 years […]

From April 30 through May 4, Comiso is hosting a festival of Sicilian flavors and artisanship. The 10th edition of this festival is called “Isola dei Mestieri 2008″ which translates as the Island of the Misteries 2008.
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Almonds have been making headlines in the United States, with health benefits like lowering cholesterol and potential colon-cancer prevention coming to light. However, here in Sicily, the almond’s historic gateway to the Western world, the best minds are more interested in having something sweet. Here is an interesting article by Joe Ray.
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One of my favorite books is The Viceroys by Federico De Roberto. Ironically, I never had the opportunity to read it in school and I read it in a couple of weeks in my subway commute to work. In a few words, I would describe it as a deeper and more accurate novel than The […]

The most basic of Tenuta delle Terre reds from grapes grown on the cool slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily, the 2006 Etna Rosso is a wonderful discovery. Lush and easy drinking, with hints of dark cherries, tobacco and wild herbs, it has an earthiness and texture reminiscent of Burgundy. Everything grown at this high […]

Here is an interesting article about the Mafia from BBC News. Too bad that Cuffaro is going to sit in the Parliament now.
The streets of the Sicilian capital Palermo will not let you forget this island’s entanglement with its Mafia, known as the Cosa Nostra.
The city’s network of avenues, roads and squares have been […]

Erico Asimov at the New York Times’ Pour Blog talks about the Cerasuolo di Vittoria, one of my favorite Sicilian wines.
I haven’t had a lot of these wines, but each time I’ve opened a bottle I’ve enjoyed it tremendously. The wines have been fresh and lively, thoroughly refreshing, and while not the most complex […]

Eurochocolate Festival will take place in Modica from April 23 through 27, 2008 this year. The festival is organized by Eurochocolate with the partnership of the city of Modica, Ragusa Province, C.C.I.A.A. of Ragusa, CNA, Confartigianato, ASCOM, Confesercenti, Coldiretti, CIA and Consorzio di Tutela del Cioccolato di Modica. The main sponsor of the event is […]

Berlusconi won the elections by a landslide and Sicily confirmed to be a strong stronghold. He seems to have earned a strong majority in both lower and upper house to govern for the full 5-year mandate, a rare thing in Italy. He promises “that work on his pet grand project, the planned suspension bridge over […]

Shares in the largest Italian builder, Impregilo, closed 4.6 percent higher even as the DJ Stoxx index of European construction companies fell.
Impregilo had headed a consortium to build the Sicily bridge under Berlusconi’s previous government, from 2001 to 2006, but the outgoing center-left government scrapped the plan.
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