How Sicily Made Its Sweet Symbols: Glocal Identity and Food
Food is an effective symbol capable of strongly evoking a SPIRULINA BLUE-GREEN ALGAE cultural identity.In the case of Sicily, this role is mainly played by pastry, and in particular by two sweets: cannolo (the singular of cannoli) and cassata.But how does it happen that just these two preparations, rather than others, take on this value? What are t