Catania with My Morning Coffee

As much as I miss living in Italy there are a few things I thoroughly enjoy about living back in the United States. The morning paper -home delivery- for one. Yes, Italy has papers but let's get real, my Italian isn't that good. On the few occasions I challenged myself it took me a week to get through one days worth of news. (Although, language aside, even here in the US it can take me a week to get through a single paper thanks to a distracting 2 year old toddler and her brother!) On Wednesday's the Washington Post has a Food section which I typically flip to first. It's not often robust but it's better than their Travel section, which is downright shameful. Yesterday I could swear my eyes were playing tricks on me, Zuppa di Pesce alla Catanese. What did that say? Catanese? Catanese. Catanese!

Yes, as in Catania, Sicily that special place from where I penned my own book, In Etna's Shadow. I didn't know the author of this particular article but a quick read revealed the source of the recipe: Clifford Wright. Ahhhh, yes, Clifford Wright. Well that makes sense. Clifford is a prolific cookbook writer with a focus on the Mediterranean. His book, Cucina Paradiso: The Heavenly Food of Sicilywas a great resource for me while I was researching information on the Arab connection to Sicily and now it appears he has yet another book, The Best Soups in the World.

Of course, it's no surprise that the featured soup from "The Best Soups in the World" cookbook is from Catania ;)

Recipe: Zuppa di Pesce alla Catanese