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.