SIMPOSIO | Italian recipes, travel, and culture: The Ortigia Issue

Ortigia is not a place you pass through.It surrounds you—through light, salt, and a cuisine shaped by centuries layered within a single island.Ortigia – A Simposio Cookbook is an immersive journey into the historic heart of Syracuse, where food reflects the meeting of cultures, the presence of the sea, and a way of living built on proximity.This is not just an Italian cookbook.Each chapter reveals a world where Greek, Arab, and Mediterranean influences remain visible—where recipes balance sweetness and acidity, simplicity and depth, and where nothing exists in isolation.What you’ll find inside:Traditional Sicilian recipes from Ortigia and the surrounding coastNarrative introductions that place each dish within its cultural contextInsights into ingredients, techniques, and Mediterranean influencesA blend of food, history, and lived experienceOriginal photography capturing light, texture, and atmosphereA different kind of Italian cookbookOrtigia’s cuisine is built on contrast and proximity.Seafood, citrus, almonds, vegetables—ingredients that reflect a land where everything is close: the sea, the market, the table.From sarde to almond-based sweets, each dish carries traces of movement, exchange, and adaptation.Who this book is for:Lovers of authentic Italian cuisine and regional cookingReaders interested in Sicilian food culture and traditionsThose drawn to bold, layered, and Mediterranean flavorsTravelers seeking a deeper understanding of SicilyFollow the light.Stay close.Taste Ortigia. Read more