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agery that links it to Mt Etna: the tomatoes are lava, the aubergines cinders, the basil leafy
greenery, the ricotta snow. Modern chefs may play with the details, but Sicily's timeless
recipes - from the simplest
cannolo
to the most exquisitely spiced fish couscous - live on.
Byzantine to Baroque
As if its classical heritage weren't formidable enough, Sicily is bursting at the seams with
later artistic and architectural gems. In a short walk around Palermo you'll see Arab
domes and arches, Byzantine mosaics, baroque stuccowork and Norman palace walls.
This embarrassment of artistic riches remains one of the island's most distinctive attrac-
tions.
