Peter Robb’s superb book Midnight in Sicily is a sensuous tour of Sicilian food, art, and urban life. Organized crime, its ...

THE HOUSE BY THE MEDLAR TREE (247 pp.) — Giovanni Verga — Grove Press ($3.50). “Giovanni Verga, the Sicilian novelist and playwright, is surely the greatest writer of Italian fiction after Manzoni,” ...

The book is ideal for those planning a first trip to Sicily and for seasoned travellers looking to deepen their understanding of the island's unique character. Highlights include detailed descriptions ...

In her vibrant new cookbook, Sicily, My Sweet — and throughout a recent conversation — author Victoria Granof makes multiple references to sense memory. After all, it was that collection of smells, ...