Sicilian Food: Sicilian Sweets and their Fascinating Story

Take a sweet tour with us! Elise Magistro, PhD in Italian, tells us the fascinating story of how Sicilian sweets evolved. It starts with the Arabs bringing sugarcane, and goes to the convents, and finally ends up in pasticcerie all over Sicily, including the most famous, Maria Grammatico, located in beautiful hill-top Erice. Bring your sweet tooth to Sicily and you will always be happy. This video is an adaptation of a presentation by Elise Magistro that was originally called: “Savoring the Past: Memory and Food in Sicilian Life and Literature." American Association of Italian Studies, March, 2015, University of Colorado, Boulder. Thank you, Elise for offering your research to me so that a wide audience can learn more about and appreciate Sicilian culture and traditions. Thank you to our film editor John Zurkuhlen. All videos on this channel are copyright @La RosaWorks Sicily Tours & Travel