More than just a fun day trip from the mainland, Sicily is quietly one of the most stunning, historic places in the world. Every inch of the island seems ...

In Sicily, time has stood still ... Stop at Palermo’s main food market, the Mercato della Vucciria, ... Like a lemon with comparatively less of the juicy bit, the cedro is nine-tenths pith, ...

When the market shuts down at lunch, there aren't any scraps left of the siccia, cipudda, purpu, ancidda that make Sicily what it is, a land of fishermen. Salvatore Nevoloso, a 75-year-old fisherman ...

Sicily: Market Research. 2 minute read. Liam Fitzpatrick. January 19, 2004 12:00 AM EST. V isitors to Italy who limit their trips to a tour of Tuscan villas or a stint in Rome have no idea of what ...

All for a Lemon in Sicily by BBC Southern Counties Radio. You are browsing in: Archive List > Royal Navy. Archive List > World > Italy. Archive List > World > Sicily.

Lemons are most in demand in summer, for making lemonade, serving with cocktails and squeezing on fish. There’s a little bit of a disconnect with production, which is concentrated, from ...

Demand for lemons boomed overnight. And one small, impoverished island at the foot of Italy was perfectly placed to capture this market. Sicily already grew some lemons for export (mainly for ...

According to the researchers, the island’s lemon industry exploded in the 19th century as doctors around the world realized the fruit cured scurvy, a condition caused by lack of vitamin C.

Mafia leaders like these, under house-arrest in Linosa, Sicily in 1971, took on a different role from earlier mafiosi. (Getty Images: Keystone/Stringer)In 1893, the thriving Sicilian citrus ...