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	Arts and Culture in Sicily - Best of Sicily
		Sicilian style exists in a unique realm encompassing aristocratic elegance, gangster chic and everything in between.
		Sicilian fashion is everything from ornate bridal dresses to stylish men's suits.
		Sicilian cuisine is such a vast --and delicious-- topic that we've dedicated several pages to it.
	www.bestofsicily.com /arts.htm (314 words)

	Cuisine of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As such, the cuisine in Palermo, capital of Sicily and headquarters of the emir during the Arab domination of Sicily (circa 10th and 11th centuries, exhibits the classic signs of Arab influence in its dishes (for example, the use of mint, raisins, fried preparations and pine nuts).
		Much of the island's cuisine encourages the use of fresh vegetables (such as eggplant, peppers and tomatoes) and fish.
		The list of well known Sicilian dishes includes arancini (a form of deep fried rice croquettes), Pasta alla Norma (a specialty of Catania), caponata, pani ca meusa (Palermo) and couscous al pesce (Trapani).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sicilian_cuisine (220 words)

	Sicilian pizza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sicilian pizza, also known as Sfincione (or Sfinciuni in Sicilian language) is a variety of pizza with ingredients incorporated into the dough, instead of just placed on top.
		An authentic recipe does not use mozzarella cheese, often adding small chunks of pecorino cheese and bits of anchovies.
		In America, Sicilian pizza usually refers to an altogether different variety, consisting of a thick square dough and toppings on top instead of inside the dough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sicilian_pizza (113 words)

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		Sicilian cuisine too is a vast cultural repository, the original fruit of a mixture of peoples, events and influences which makes it appear like a mosaic: its component parts are of different origins but they achieve not only solidity and compactness on the island but a unity of flavors and colors.
		The table becomes a place of introspection of the various civilizations that have succeeded one another on the island and to revisit Sicilian cuisine can be an amusing and intriguing way of reading the societies that used it as a system of communication.
		There are actually three cuisines the Baroque or Patrician, the popular cuisine or the lively reinvented cuisine and the street cuisine of the Buffittieri, as it came to be known from the French word buffet.
	www.arbasicula.org /cuisine.html (0 words)

	Sicilian Food and Wine - Best of Sicily. Wines of Sicily, Sicilian Cheese. Sicilian wines and Sicilian olive oil ...
		Sicily's aristocratic cuisine in an elegant and inviting atmosphere.
		To Sicilians, sfincione is not considered "pizza," which in Italy is by definition thin and crusty.
		The ancient Athenians preferred Sicilian olive oil to their own, though some of the varieties grown in Sicily and Greece were actually the same.
	www.bestofsicily.com /food.htm (0 words)

	::Sicilian Recipes and Cuisine::
		In the town or in the country, in the humblest cottages or in numerous villas and castles that testify to the island's noble architectural heritage, the dishes prepared are in no way inferior to the most international gastronomic masterpieces.
		Its various aspect find full expression in the local cuisine, where the preparation of food becomes a launching pad for the imagination and the innate elegance that is such an essential part of the islanders' extremely rich historical and cultural heritage.
		The main motif of Sicilian cuisine is, as we have seen, tradition, genuine ingredients, and simplicity - a heritage dictated by the very essence of the Sicilian character, a treasure to be protected and preserved.
	www.thesicilianexperience.co.uk /sicilian_recipes.html (408 words)

	TandemNews.com - Print This Story
		Modern-day Sicilians are still fond of their limoni and use them in a bevy of meat and fish dishes and in desserts, such as sherbets.
		Eggplant is a favourite in Italian and Sicilian regional cooking and it was the Arabs who brought it to the lush island in the late 10th century.
		Sicilian cuisine is also known for its generous use of spices.
	www.tandemnews.com /printer.php?storyid=3098 (785 words)

	Did you know: Food History
		The reversal in Sicilian fortunes from rich to poor had its origin in the undoing of Arab agricultural successes in twelfth-century Sicily under the rapacious rule of Norman barons allied with the rule of William II.
		The Sicilians greatly appreciated cheese and it was an important part of their diet especially fresh cheese and ricotta.
		Sicilian Jews, were not only consumers of ricotta and tuma, a mozzarella-like cheese, but cheese retailers too, and they usually made it for Passover.
	www.cliffordawright.com /history/med_sicily.html (1036 words)

	A rich history and delicious food to boot - food of Sicily; includes recipes Vegetarian Times - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sicilian architecture reveals this varied heritage: Palermo's helter-skelter Palazzo dei Normanni was built by the Saracens, enlarged by the Normans and refurbished by the Spaniards.
		Sicilian cuisine did not make the journey across the Atlantic gracefully, perhaps because like all regional Italian cuisines, Sicilian food is closely linked to local crops.
		Despite this difference, Sicilians speak of their island as though it were a separate and united country, referring to mainland Italy as "the continent." It is easy to understand why.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n225/ai_18230834 (793 words)

	Italian Food Forever
		The basic ingredients used most commonly in Sicilian cuisine are those similar to other southern Italian regions, including olive oil, pasta, seafood, fresh fruits and vegetables, including of course the beloved tomato.
		The philosophy of Sicilian cooking can be found throughout Italy, where one cooks with what has on hand, or what can be found fresh at the market or in the garden, rather than starting with a recipe first, and then looking for the needed ingredients.
		A favorite Sicilian appetizer might be the traditional Caponata, which is a hearty, full bodied mixture of eggplant and other mediterranean ingredients that is delicious served with crusty bread.
	www.italianfoodforever.com /iff/articles.asp?id=55 (783 words)

	sicilian cooking history and origin (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The longtime isolation of the island and the Siciliansâ innate attachment to tradition have allowed for the preservation and evolution of an elaborate cuisine.
		The Romansâ contribution to Sicilian cooking is limited to the introduction of bread in place of the flat Greek pitas, and to the maccu, a purÃ©e or soup made out of mashed fava beans.
		The Sicilian dessertsâ”colorful, precious, and extremely sweetâ”made history many times: First created by the Byzantines; next they were elaborated by the Arabs; then handed down in the monasteries; and later enriched in the kitchens of the barons and the peasants.
	www.annamariavolpi.com /history_sicilian_food.html (1403 words)

	Sicilian Feasts
		SICILIAN FEASTS offers more than 160 recipes, along with menus for holidays, notes on ingredients, list of suppliers, an introduction to the Sicilian language, and a glossary of food terms in Sicilian, Italian, and English.
		Sicilian Feasts is written just the way my mother and scores of my friends moms cooked (I obviously lived in an Italian neighborhood!) using simple fresh ingredients that are readily found in the home and garden.
		Sicilian Feasts by Giovanna Bellia La Marca is a simply delicious cookbook offering more than 100 recipes in celebration of exquisite, ethnic Sicilian cuisine suitable for all seasons, and ranging from everyday cooking to special holiday recipes.
	www.cuppalove.com /Shopping/Details/0781809673.aspx (510 words)

	cuisine.co.nz - travel - savouring sicily
		A basket of delicious yellowish Sicilian bread made with semolina flour is passed around, and Anna’s husband, Vences, a specialist in Sicilian history and entertaining conversationalist, pours the estate’s classic white, Regaleali, a blend of local varieties Inzolia, Grecanico and Catarratto.
		She has since become something of an ambassador for Sicilian cuisine, travelling frequently to speak and run courses.
		Sicilian food bears the legacy of the various cultures that have dominated the island, Arab being a major influence.
	www.cuisine.co.nz /index.cfm?pageID=37820&r=8 (1040 words)

	Specialities, Palermo - Restaurants - VirtualTourist.com
		Only Sicilian cuisine (but that was unuseful to mention, I wouldn't even think of giving you any advice with different peculiarities), good wines, kitchen is open until 11.30 pm, no music, no noise, clean and well decoarted.
		Sicilian food, is wlel known all over the world not only for the spices but the unique taste and quality.
		Sicilian cassata and cannoli are delightful and delicious - but somewhat daunting when they arrive after the calamari, the pasta, the swordfish, the salad, the cheeses, all washed down by a bottle or two of the robust and earthy local wine.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Sicilia/Palermo-146743/Restaurants-Palermo-Specialities-BR-1.html (1157 words)

	The Heart of Sicily - Good News Cafe - Woodbury, Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The result is a true celebration of Sicilian cuisine, inspired on every page by the author’s love of her family, her homeland, and its culinary heritage.
		Classic Sicilian recipes are grouped by season, enriched by Tasca Lanza’s lively narratives on the foods native to the island that form the foundations of Sicilian cooking and the popular culture that gives special meaning to many of the dishes.
		Through her painstaking research of traditional Sicilian culinary practices and her determined persistence in transforming dishes passed down orally from generation to generation into precise recipe instructions, Tasca Lanza has produced a loving testament to her native land, its country life, and the foods that play such an important part in Sicily’s past and present.
	www.good-news-cafe.com /ici/books/theheartofsicily (550 words)

	Sicily 2003: Travel Writing&Photojournalism
		Arabic became the official language, and today many famous Sicilian dishes have Arabic names: the ricotta cake Cassata takes its name from the quas’ta, a big round pan in which it is made, and Cubbaita, the torrone made with honey, sesame seeds and almonds, comes from the Arabic qubbayt.
		Although many traditional Sicilian dishes are termed Arab legacies, it is more accurate to say that they were born in Sicily and incorporate both Sicilian and Arab traditions.
		In the twelfth century the court of Frederick II became a bastion of high culture (the scuola siciliana of poetry greatly influenced Dante), and this was a time when class distinctions became entrenched.
	www.umass.edu /journal/sicilyprogram/sicilianfoodhistory.html (0 words)

	Sicily for You ! » Sabrina
		Sicilian cuisine is one of the oldest in existence, and Sicilians even have a reasonable claim to the invention of pasta.
		Their cuisine represents Sicily’s unique cultural mix, imaginatively combining fish, fruits, vegetables, and nuts with Arab and North African ingredients such as cus cus (couscous).
		Sicilian Festivals: February 5 is St. Agatha’s Feast Day and the huge festival in Catania includes a 2-day procession, said to be the second largest religous procession in the world.
	www.sicilian.net /wordpress/?cat=16 (0 words)

	Taste of the Month - World's Island - Sicily - Food and Wines of Sicily - Sicilian Cuisine - Sicilian Wines - Wines ...
		Their Sicilian wine website has English descriptions of dozens of Sicily's best vintages.
		What should be mentioned is that many Sicilian recipes were, until recently, handed down orally from one generation to the next.
		Recently, Sicilian Wine Lovers, a private organisation, launched the best website we've seen that is dedicated entirely to Sicilian wines.
	www.worldsisland.com /cuisine.htm (887 words)

	Wines : The "Rediscoverd" Treasures of Sicily
		For years, Sicilian wines were synonymous with Marsala, a sweet wine often served with dessert or used for cooking.
		A good majority of Sicilian foods come from the ocean (everything from sardines and octopus to swordfish and tuna) or from the lands in or around the vineyards that produce olives, rice, eggplant and tomatoes.
		In fact, most Sicilian recipes are meant to be enjoyed with wine or utilize it as an ingredient to bring out certain flavors in the food.
	www.chiff.com /a/party-wine.htm (942 words)

	Fodor's Travel Wire \| Eating Your Way Through Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Sicilian cuisine is one of the oldest in existence, going back to Siracusan cooking competitions in 600 bc.
		The Sicilians even have a reasonable claim to the invention of pasta---maccheroni (long, thin pasta tubes) may well be today's purest survivor of the original.
		Sicilian ricotta is the world's best, and this is the standby dessert at many Palermitan restaurants---at Easter or any time of year.
	www.fodors.com /wire/archives/000933.cfm (1824 words)

	La Cucina Eoliana e Siciliana: Introduction
		It is also evident that Sicilian cooking varies from the eastern to the central and western parts of the island.
		Sicilian cuisine has developed over the course of two thousand years, influenced by many foreign colonizers beginning with the arrival of the Greeks before the first millennium.
		The Normans replaced the Arabs as rulers and a new era of Sicilian history began, and in 1130, Roger II became Sicily's ruler.
	www.lacucinaeoliana.com /index_2.html (914 words)

	Sicilian Sicily food wine oil Italy. La cucina porcini sardines and vineyards
		After leading several cuisine tv programs for more than 15 years and some excellent and refined books in the field, Eleonora decided to start the adventure of La Cucina del Sole to please her enthusiasm in cooking and a huge and unexpected demand from friends, acquaintances and simple tv-viewers.
		Classes are held in her typical Sicilian house in Viagrande, one of the most characteristic villages on the slopes of Mt. Etna and based on the most famous Sicilian recipes, paying particular attention to pasta, fish and vegetable dishes.
		We strongly recommend savouring the Sicilian menu and the restaurant is fully air conditioned and is suitable for large receptions and other parties and celebrations.
	www.investsicily.com /food.htm (1104 words)

	In Italy Online - Sicilian Cuisine
		Sicilians think nothing of having a brioche stuffed with ice cream for breakfast.
		He insisted, though, that he was Sicilian, not Italian.
		This he had in common with most from that island; when Sicilians leave for the mainland, they say they're "going to Italy." It's an old story.
	www.initaly.com /regions/sicily/food.htm (586 words)

	Sicilian Food and Cooking, History and Development
		With the abundance of fish, this changed, and a classic Sicilian dish in the province of Trapani, is couscous cooked with the broth of the local fish to give it a seafood flavor.
		When the Sicilians began to arrive in large numbers, in the years after 1900, they found some of their foodstuffs in these Neapolitan stores, and their cuisine adapted to the Neapolitan.
		Sicilian cooking was localized, changing from village to village.
	www.inmamaskitchen.com /FOOD_IS_ART/sicilian_food_cooking.html (3073 words)

	Sicily : Best Dining Bets (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Its meticulously crafted Sicilian haute cuisine is a pleasure to both the palate and the eye.
		The Sicilian cuisine, based on market-fresh products, is elegantly presented here -- dishes are designed to appeal to the most discerning of tastes.
		The cuisine of seafood and Sicilian recipes is among the most creative in town.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=771&catID=0771020003 (796 words)

	Melissa's World Variety Produce - Organic, Specialty & Recipes
		Sicilian cuisine is also described as fragrant, with intensely aromatic flavors such as citrus, saffron, mint, garlic, and honey.
		And while many Sicilian dishes have flavors and creative combinations unique to the region, it isn't any wonder that pasta, one of the world's favorite ingredients, first found fame in Sicily.
		Sicilians feel a great sense of pride in creating and sharing their very special cuisine.
	www.melissas.com /magazine/index.cfm?article_id=275&Page_ID=69 (439 words)

	Webicurean: The Rediscovered Treasures of Sicily (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Simply put, Sicilian wines are hot -- and although the brands and varietals may not be immediately recognizable to most consumers, it is only a matter of time before that changes.
		A good majority of Sicilian foods come from the ocean (everything from sardines and octopus to swordfish and tuna) or from the lands in or around the vineyards that produce olives, rice, eggplant and tomatoes.
		In fact, most Sicilian recipes are meant to be enjoyed with wine or utilize it as an ingredient to bring out certain flavors in the food.
	www.webicurean.com /guests/sicily.shtml (953 words)

	Restaurant "Giardino Italiano" - Brief History of the Sicilian Cuisine
		That is why the study of Sicilian cuisine covers cultural, political and social history of the island.
		This means that the main feature of Sicilian cuisine is the same with the one of Sicilian culture.
		And the cuisine is just like this - truthful and immediate, candid and sincere as a nature, which inspires it.
	giardino.italiano.ru /kitchen.01.en.html (209 words)

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