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| | Powell's Books - Review-a-Day - The Stone Boudoir: Travels through the Hidden Village of Sicily by Theresa Maggio, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Food: Dolce divine cannolo, cassata, cassateddi, ‘mpanatigghi, velvety marzipan cheeses crafted by time and care, chewy bread fired in wood ovens, wine harvested from vines planted so far back, no one remembers the year, and sweet olive oil with a softness found nowhere else in the Mediterranean. |
 | | La Cucina Siciliano, just as much as the languages and architecture, reflect Sicily’s cultural mix. |
 | | Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Arab, Norman, Schwab, and Jew Sicily is the embodiment of Mediterranean cosmopolitanism, a cultural legacy the industrial age has nearly obliterated. |
| www.powells.com /review/2003_07_19 (816 words) |
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