The Feast of St. Joseph, which falls every year on March 19, is a big deal in Italy. Not only does the holiday commemorate the putative father of Jesus and patron saint of carpenters, it also is a ...

Take a very big pile of shelled, skinned, finely ground almonds and an almost equal amount of sugar. Ecco fatto! There you go! The principle ingredients for Sicilian marzipan cunningly shaped and ...

When thinking of Sicily, it’s easy to imagine white sandy beaches, timeless architecture and a host of delicacies like arancini, caponata and cannoli. But panettone would not be among the first things ...

Boston is an eater’s kind of town. The oysters from New England and the Maritimes bring on the brine and the restaurants are as good as anywhere. But the true objects of any serious diner’s desire are ...

Sicilian sweets are more than simply desserts-each one has a particular significance in the island's varied and unique culture and history. In this, her debut work, Granof, a New York City chef who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Sabino is an editor and author who writes about travel. Nicoletta Lanza Tomasi is an Italian duchess who also happens to ...

ROME (Reuters) - Sicilian amateur scientists have launched a model cannolo, a cream-stuffed pastry roll symbolic of the Italian island, into the stratosphere, capturing bizarre images of the dessert ...

When Perth home cook and writer Simone Agostino set out to publish a cookbook, her goal was to inspire others to make simple yet beautiful home-style dishes like her grandmother did. "She was amazing, ...

ROME – Sicilian amateur scientists have launched a model cannolo, a cream-stuffed pastry roll symbolic of the Italian island, into the stratosphere, capturing bizarre images of the dessert flying far ...