“If Etna stops erupting, that’s when we get nervous,” said Sicily-born Giuseppe Grasso, head sommelier at London’s Alex Dilling restaurant. “It means the pressure’s building.” Down the coast in ...

When you first set foot in Catania—a newcomer on the edge of Brooklyn Heights named after Sicily’s second largest city—you might assume it’s a restaurant. Seating on either side of the door provides ...

The crossroads of the Mediterranean, Sicily has absorbed the flavors, ingredients, and techniques of the many peoples who've come to its shores. Its agricultural bounty — citrus, nuts, tomatoes, ...

The moment it first occurs to me that Catania is Italy’s most underrated city, I’m zooming along the Ionian coast on the back of a silver scooter as my new friend Daniele steers us toward a stretch of ...