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Four arancini from Catania, including a cone-shaped ragù arancino on a Savia napkin, two seafood arancini in squid-ink sauce at MM Street Food, a ragù arancino bitten open, and Savia's eggplant arancino.

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Four arancini from Catania, including a cone-shaped ragù arancino on a Savia napkin, two seafood arancini in squid-ink sauce at MM Street Food, a ragù arancino bitten open, and Savia's eggplant arancino. Food

The Best Arancini in Catania, Sicily: Our Top 5

The best arancini in Catania, ranked after a week of eating them: Savia, Spinella, squid ink at MM, Canusciuti, and a contest winner, with prices.
A collage of four Catania restaurant dishes, with a mixed grill of horse meatballs, sausages, and bacon-wrapped spring onions, fried calamari and octopus, two plates of pasta, and penne alla Norma under grated ricotta salata. Food

The 6 Best Restaurants in Catania, Sicily, Ranked

The best restaurants in Catania, ranked after a week of eating there: horse meat, seafood by the fish market, Calabrian pasta, and sourdough pizza.
A collage of Catania food, with two cone-shaped arancini at Savia, pasta alla Norma on a painted plate, and fried sarde a beccafico. Food

What to Eat in Catania, Sicily: 12 Local Foods to Try

What to eat in Catania, Sicily: arancini, pasta alla Norma, horse meat, sarde a beccafico, seltz, and the sweets you'll only find here, from a week of eating.
A Marzapani ricotta cannolo with chopped pistachio ends in a red paper band, a Spinella cannolo on a plate, and two Savia cannoli held up on a Catania street. Food

The Best Cannoli in Catania, Sicily: Our Top 5

The best cannoli in Catania, ranked after a week of eating them: our top 5 from Savia to a deconstructed one, with what we paid and what to order.
A collage of the red Trattoria Achille sign above a plate of grilled horse slices and a plate of horse sausages, meatballs, and bacon-wrapped spring onions. Food

Trattoria Achille: The Best Horse Meat in Catania, Sicily

Horse meat in Catania, eaten twice at Trattoria Achille on Via Plebiscito: what to order, what it costs, what it tastes like, and why we scored it 10/10.
A cone-shaped ragù arancino on white paper at a Spinella table, the Spinella dal 1936 sign with its cartoon Sicilian man, and a glossy baked cipollina puff pastry on a plate. Food

Spinella, Catania: Our Review of the Historic Pastry Shop on Via Etnea

Our Spinella Catania review from our first night in Sicily: a huge ragù arancino, a rich ricotta cannolo, a cipollina, and the menu prices.
A collage of a cone-shaped arancino, a ricotta cannolo with pistachio ends, the round Savia 1897 sign, a pistachio and chocolate granita, and a caffè Etna topped with whipped cream and pistachios. Food

Savia, Catania: Our Review of the Famous Pastry Shop

Our Savia Catania review after a week of breakfasts there, with the arancino and cannolo to order, caffè Etna, and counter vs table prices.