Oranges of Sicily: A Culinary History of the World's Most Important Fruit + 30 Curious Recipes

Sicily grows the world's finest fruit! Discover the orange and the thousands of tales told of it-the curiosities, techniques, traditions, and mysteries ...You will sense its perfume on page after page as you savor the recipes dedicated to the juicy orange-devised by great Sicilian and Italian gourmet chefs. They include swordfish parcels scented with citrus fruits; tuna and salad garnished with orange segments; octopus and cuttlefish; or Danish pastry with orange and the marzipan candies of Martorana. In savoring these delights you will experience Sicily through the best possible introduction: the pleasures of the palate! You will discover little-known varieties and their special features.In this book you will find our complete love for citrus fruit: the hallmark bounty of this sun-kissed island, where oranges, lemons, and mandarins find the perfect microclimate to perfect all their qualities and richness. You will discover their outstanding, sense-stimulating properties, and their stores of Vitamin C, phosphorus, and Vitamin B12-ingredients that are a humming hymn to health. The land of Sicily is fragrant with lemons and mandarins.