Sicilian Stuffed Sardines Region: Sicily Origin: Palermo Course: Antipasto or Secondo Piatto Serves: 4 Sarde a Beccafico are one of the most characteristic dishes of Palermo, built around one of Sicily’s most humble and important ingredients: fresh sardines. Butterflied sardines are filled with a mixture of toasted breadcrumbs, raisins, pine nuts, parsley, anchovy, citrus and extra virgin olive oil, then rolled and baked between bay leaves. The result captures several fundame

Around Italy: Veneto, From Venice and the Dolomites Veneto stretches from the Adriatic Sea to the Dolomites and contains some of the most famous landscapes and cities in Italy. Venice dominates the international imagination, but the region also includes Verona, Padova, Vicenza, Treviso, the Prosecco hills, Valpolicella, Lake Garda, Asiago, Bassano del Grappa, and a deep agricultural and culinary culture. Venezia Venice is one of the world’s most extraordinary cities. Built ac

Sicily Sicily Story of the Dish Perché Visitare la Sicilia: Viaggio nella Storia, Cultura, Cucina e Bellezza dell'Isola Why Visit Sicily: A Journey Through the History, Culture, Cuisine and Beauty of the Island To understand Sicily, you have to eat Sicily. The island's cuisine is not simply one branch of Italian cooking. It is one of the most complex regional food cultures in Europe, shaped by geography, agriculture, migration, conquest, poverty, aristocratic refinement, fish