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THE ITALIAN TEAM PRESENTS SICILY A “MELTING POT” OF PEOPLES AND CULINARY TRADITIONS

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THE ITALIAN TEAM PRESENTS

SICILY A “MELTING POT”

OF PEOPLES AND

CULINARY TRADITIONS

Land of sun and sea, Sicily - - is a region with deep and ancient oenological traditions, where many of the great civilizations of the past met.

Dionysus (a.k.a. Bacchus) was the God who brought pleasure to mankind, and wine to Sicily. The Greeks brought the art of wine making to Southern Italy and Sicily.

FROM THE ANCIENT GREEKS TO… SICILY WINE

The Romans were the first to realize that aged wines tasted better.

They found that certain wines should be aged between 10 and 25 years, and began to use wooden barrels for storage as well as glass bottles with corks.

THE ARAB INHERITANCE PERSIAN EGGPLANT, SPAGHETTI,

CASSATA AND ZIBIBBO

Every year throughout Italy, many small towns celebrate something belonging to their ancient tradition, and mostly relating to the

delights of the table. That particular day takes the name of “ Sagra ”

Swordfish festival in Aci Trezza (Catania) In this day, the people celebrate “ San Giovanni Battista ” too, he is the

patron saint of Aci Trezza. The swordfish, which was fished the day before, is wisely being cooked by chefs, adding oil, salt, wild marjoram, a little of fresh salad. It’s a good habit to taste this dish with a good glass

of white wine and smelling local bread.

I cannot translate the word “ Arancino ”, but I might only say that it takes the name from “ small orange fruit ”, but it is not an orange fruit, it only has a similar colour.

Arancino is one of more characteristic sicilian dishes. It is like a big fried rissole with a marvellous sauce inside, based on tomato, a few pieces of meat, pease and

cheese, but I suggest to eat it because my explanation doesn’t properly describe its particular taste. Besides the classic version, sauce or butter, there are more than

16 variant of arancino, all of them featured in this sagra.

ARANCINO FESTIVAL IN FICARAZZI - CATANIA

Etna wine festival in Milo Milo is a splendid little town on the slopes of volcano Etna, with a

healthy air, a lot of green, and hearty people. You can drink an original local wine and meantime tasting a perfect hot salsiccia as well, which is being roasted in front of you. In fact, there are many stalls with grills roasting salsiccia in the open air.

«To come to Italy and not visit Sicily, is not to recognize its true essence and spirit.»

Marta Ruggeri Deborah Mandanici

Thank you for your attention