Summer break is in full swing—and your sweet little snow cone is all grown up and graduated granita cum laude. Granita, also known as granité, is a semi-frozen dessert made with sugar, water, and any ...

Make the lemon-basil syrup: In a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, combine water, sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat, stir in basil and steep 10 ...

A granita is a frozen fruit dessert that is so refreshing on a summer day. The ingredients are fresh and simple, no fancy equipment is needed and you can make it with or without booze. If you’re in ...

Hot summer days call for refreshing sweet treats, and there's nothing better than a granita to cool you down. Known for its crystalline texture, the traditional Sicilian delicacy is different from ...

When the weather gets hot, it’s time to do what the Sicilians do… make some homemade refreshing granita! This easy summer recipe is so much better than store-bought Italian ice and costs a lot less. I ...

Picture this: You’re sitting at a table in a small outdoor cafe in Italy when the wait staff delivers a glass of something that’s a cross between shaved ice and a slushy. In Italy (ahem, Italia), the ...

On a recent foray through the Ueno Marui depachika — one of the sprawling food halls located in Tokyo’s department-store basements — a fancy, chimerical tart caught my eye: It was topped with Arus ...

Although I was obsessed by all things Italian when I was a teenager and was lucky enough to visit several places in Italy, I never made it to Sicily. Then again, neither did I achieve my other ...