Sicily Scene

It is never hard to wish for peace - peace in your personal life and peace in the world - but it is certainly hard to write about it whe...

I am so proud of my young friend Gabriele Aprile , a watchmaker from Modica who has created his own watch, the EKWATCH , launching online t...

Clockwise, left to right: Bertie-Pierrine enjoying some special doggy gelato; interior of Duomo di San Pietro, Modica; appetisers in loca...

" When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation",  said Borges and it is true that we still...

It is supposed to have been a Sicilian who said, "A l mattino le arance sono d'oro, a pranzo d'argento e alla sera di piombo....

It's always nice to visit the Infiorata in Noto and this year's theme was Sicilians in North America.  First, it was interest...

Happy Easter Monday from Sicily Scene , everyone!  Below is my version of Mary Berry's Chocolate CappuccinoTart , which I made to take a...

The Wedding Party Girl A story for New Year I would see her four or five times a year, usually in summer, as I sat writing in the ...

I would like to add my congratulations to those of a nation in wishing the composer Ennio Morricone a belated happy 90th birthday for yest...

In a world that seems more sadly divided than ever, this is more important than ever: Thank you again to the wonderful Mimi Lenox f...

I wish all Italians, and all who, like me, are Italian in their hearts, a happy Ferragosto evening, wherever you are.  I am also thinking, ...