Il senso del dolce

Abstract

On the basis of which relations does the semiosphere of Sicilian sweets take shape, meant as a coherent structure inside and effective outside it? In what way does each sweet, as a component of this system, take on its virtuality? To what extent does it do so? How cohesive is the system that is created? These are all questions that have repercussions on the cultural value that this particular set of gastronomic products that are sweets produces, ending up by generating within the vast hive of culture a specific field that we have called gastrosphere. Therefore, dealing with the gastrosphere of Sicilian sweets means looking for how these particular elements of the culinary identity of this culture mean and not what they mean, or have meant in a given time and place.