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there's one delicious food ritual that i have to experience. it's a tradition to eat these while you're on a boat passing this statue of the madonna. these are arancini. look at that. these beautiful little cones are rice with saffron, peas, meat. the story goes that the arabs brought these to sicily in the 9th century. hand-rolled rice, with a meat filling. breaded and fried. that's good. the taste of arancini, i am told, is the taste of home for all sicilians. just a few miles off the toe of the boot of italy lies the island of sicily it's southernmost region, and with volcanic soil so fertile it's nickname is god's kitchen. but sicily is also said to be home to the gates of hell.