Some Sicilian recipes clearly reveal their Arabic origin, far in time and deep-rooted: the Cubbaita is a typical Sicilian dessert whose name comes from the Arabic word “quibbiat” which means “with almonds”. The recipe and method of making this almond brittle varies delightfully from [...]

Only a few places in the world can offer their visitors such a rich variety of local food and wine products: you just need to step in a bakery or a restaurant in Modica in order to get overwhelmed by an explosion of smells, shapes [...]

We don’t know who created the first recipe for this traditional sweet from Sicily: it seems that its name comes from the Arabic term quas’at, which means “round bowl”, probably because of its typical shape. We also know that the ancient Greeks used to make [...]

Modica is proud of its Baroque as well as of its chocolate, a local delicacy with a long history. It is still homemade following a thousand-year old and easy recipe that the Spanish took from the Aztecs in the 18th century and gave to the [...]