There was great excitement in my home city of Siracusa (or Syracuse, as it is known in English) last month, when the G7 Agriculture and Fisheries was held there.
My brother, Gianluca, is the founder and director of a leading communications agency in Siracusa, Agenzia Media Uno and Siracusa Press, an online daily newspaper known for its in-depth coverage of local issues and events.
As part of the G7 event media coverage, they captured stunning aerial footage with drones. The result is a unique perspective that truly brings the event to life – go take a watch at the beautiful videos they created!
The video shows the 13th century Castello Maniace, a stone fortress on the tiny island of Ortygia, which is separated from Siracusa by a narrow channel.
The G7 meeting was held within the castle walls, while outside a week-long festival showcased Italy’s cultural and culinary heritage.
The famous Sicilian-born dancer Eleonora Abbagnato, who was once Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet, performed, and there were many stalls serving up fresh Italian cuisine like arancini, a Sicilian speciality. Each part of the island has its own traditional version of these delicious arborio rice balls, coated with breadcrumbs. In Siracusa, they’re filled with beef ragu, peas and mozzarella, and in the centre of the island, they’re traditionally stuffed with chicken liver.
I suspect there was some Pasta alla Norma on offer too. This is penne with aubergines in a tomato and basil marinara sauce, topped with ricotta. I believe it is named for the opera Norma, by the 19th century composer Vincenzo Bellini. If you’re of a certain age, the aria ‘Casta Diva’ from Norma may summon memories of an iconic (and rather steamy) ad for Jean-Paul Gaultier’s perfumes Classique and Le Mâle from the mid nineties.
Interestingly, the Bellini – a cocktail of peach purée and Prosecco dreamed up in a Venice bar in the 1930s – was named for a different Bellini. The cocktail’s colour apparently reminded its creator of a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist (and fellow Venetian) Giovanni Bellini.
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