Sicilianews24.it: Fiasconaro debutta in Giappone: la tradizione dolciaria siciliana per la prima volta al Foodex Japan

Fiasconaro compie un nuovo e significativo passo nel proprio percorso di internazionalizzazione partecipando per la prima volta al Foodex Japan, la più importante fiera internazionale del food & beverage in Giappone, in programma dal 10 al 13 marzo 2026.
Un debutto dal forte valore simbolico, che segna l’ingresso dell’azienda siciliana in uno dei mercati più esigenti e sensibili ai temi della qualità, della cura nella lavorazione e del rispetto della tradizione. La presenza a Foodex si inserisce in una strategia di crescita sempre più orientata ai mercati extraeuropei, con un’attenzione particolare all’Asia.
Al Foodex Japan, Fiasconaro porta l’eccellenza del Made in Italy dolciario, forte di una tradizione familiare che affonda le radici a Castelbuono e di un profondo legame con il territorio siciliano.
Protagonista dello stand sarà la gamma iconica dell’azienda, a partire dal panettone a lenta lievitazione naturale, simbolo di un saper fare che non ammette compromessi. «Portiamo i nostri prodotti nel mondo così come nascono, senza compromessi sulla loro identità – sottolinea Agata Fiasconaro, brand manager dell’azienda –. Le eventuali variazioni riguardano esclusivamente aspetti normativi su alcuni ingredienti. La sfida è educare il consumatore, non snaturare il prodotto».
Una filosofia che riflette la volontà dell’azienda di crescere sui mercati internazionali mantenendo intatti i propri valori fondanti: selezione rigorosa delle materie prime, rispetto dei tempi di lavorazione e autenticità del gusto. Il panettone Fiasconaro diventa così ambasciatore di una cultura gastronomica che racconta l’Italia attraverso la qualità e la tradizione.
Con la partecipazione a Foodex Japan, Fiasconaro apre un nuovo capitolo del proprio percorso globale, rafforzando il dialogo con il pubblico giapponese e dando vita a un incontro tra culture lontane geograficamente, ma unite dalla stessa attenzione per l’eccellenza.
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Fiasconaro makes its debut in Japan: Sicilian confectionery tradition for the first time at Foodex Japan.

Fiasconaro takes a new and significant step in its internationalization journey by participating for the first time in Foodex Japan, the most important international food & beverage fair in Japan, scheduled for March 10-13, 2026.

A debut of strong symbolic value, marking the entry of the Sicilian company into one of the most demanding and sensitive markets to quality, care in processing, and respect for tradition. The presence at Foodex fits into a growth strategy increasingly oriented towards non-European markets, with particular attention to Asia.

At Foodex Japan, Fiasconaro brings the excellence of Italian Made confectionery, backed by a family tradition that dates back to Castelbuono and a deep connection with the Sicilian territory.

The stand will be dominated by the company’s iconic range, starting with the slow-fermented natural panettone, a symbol of a know-how that admits no compromises. “We bring our products to the world as they are born, without compromising on their identity – says Agata Fiasconaro, brand manager of the company –. Any variations concern exclusively regulatory aspects regarding certain ingredients. The challenge is to educate the consumer, not to distort the product.”

A philosophy that reflects the company’s will to grow in international markets while maintaining its founding values: rigorous selection of raw materials, respect for processing times and the authenticity of taste. The Fiasconaro panettone thus becomes an ambassador of a gastronomic culture that tells Italy through quality and tradition.

With its participation in Foodex Japan, Fiasconaro opens a new chapter in its global journey, strengthening dialogue with the Japanese public and giving life to a meeting between distant cultures geographically, but united by the same attention to excellence.

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Sicilianews24.it: Escursionista salvata sulle Madonie e decine di interventi sull’Etna

Intervento di soccorso nel tardo pomeriggio di giovedì sulle alte Madonie, in provincia di Palermo. La Centrale Operativa 118 Palermo-Trapani ha attivato il Servizio Regionale Sicilia del Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico Siciliano (CNSAS) per una escursionista di nazionalità polacca di 25 anni, partita da Castelbuono e rimasta bloccata in un’area innevata.
La giovane, disorientata e in difficoltà, ha lanciato l’allarme dopo essersi trovata in un impervio canalone caratterizzato da neve e fitta vegetazione.
Il recupero al buio tra neve e vegetazione
Immediatamente sono partite due squadre di tecnici del CNSAS: una da Petralia Sottana e una da Palermo. I soccorritori hanno individuato la ragazza al buio, infreddolita ma cosciente, all’interno del canalone.
Dopo una prima valutazione sanitaria sul posto, la giovane è stata recuperata verso monte e successivamente accompagnata a valle fino alla località Battaglietta, dove ad attenderla c’era un’ambulanza del 118. La 25enne è stata poi trasferita all’ospedale di Petralia Sottana per gli accertamenti sanitari.
Etna, giorni intensi per i poliziotti sciatori

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Hiker rescued in the Madonie and dozens of interventions on Etna.

Rescue operation in the late afternoon on Thursday in the high Madonie, in the province of Palermo. The Palermo-Trapani 118 Operational Center activated the Regional Sicily Alpine and Speleological Rescue Service (CNSAS) for a 25-year-old Polish hiker who set off from Castelbuono and became stuck in a snowy area.

The young woman, disoriented and in difficulty, alerted rescuers after finding herself in a rugged gorge characterized by snow and dense vegetation.

Recovery in the dark among snow and vegetation
Two teams of CNSAS technicians immediately departed: one from Petralia Sottana and one from Palermo. The rescuers located the girl in the dark, cold but conscious, inside the gorge.

After a preliminary medical assessment on the spot, the young woman was recovered uphill and subsequently accompanied downhill to the Battaglietta location, where an 118 ambulance was waiting. The 25-year-old was then transferred to the Petralia Sottana hospital for medical examinations.

Etna, intense days for ski police officers

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St. Anne

According to Christian tradition, St. Anne was the mom of the Virgin Mary, wife of St. Joachim, & was Jesus’ maternal grandma.

Her name isn’t in the Bible’s canonical Gospels. In writing, Anne’s name, & Joachim’s come from New Testament apocrypha. The Gospel of Thomas (written circa 150 AD) seems to be the earliest that mentions them. She’s mentioned in the Quran, but not by name.

The Immaculate Conception was eventually made dogma by the Catholic Church following an increased devotion to Anne in the 12th century. In Eastern Christianity dedications start as early as 6th century.

In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Anne & Joachim are attributed to the title Ancestor of God. Both the Nativity of Mary & the Presentation of Mary are celebrated as 2 of the 12 Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church.

The Dormition of Anne is also a minor feast in Eastern Christianity. In Lutheranism, it’s believed that Martin Luther chose to enter religious life as an Augustinian friar after invoking St. Anne was jeopardized by lightning.

In the 4th century, & in the 15th century, a belief arose that Mary was conceived of Anne without original sin. The Immaculate Conception is often confused with the Annunciation of the Incarnation (Mary’s virgin birth of Jesus). The 13th century Speculum Maius includes information regarding the life of St. Anne.

In the Eastern church, the veneration of Anne herself may go back as far as circa 550, when Justinian built a church in Constantinople in her honor. The earliest pictorial sign of her veneration in the West in an 8th century fresco in the church of Santa Maria Antique, Rome.

The Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary had reached southern Italy by the 9th century. In the Latin Church, St. Anne wasn’t venerated. Except, perhaps, in the south of France, before the 13th century. A shrine at Douai (in northern France) was 1 of the early centers of devotion to St. Anne in the West.

The Anna Selbdritt was a type of iconography showing 3 generations of the “Holy Family,” St. Anne, the Virgin Mary, & Jesus (grandma, mom, son). This style of iconography emphasized the humanity of Jesus. It drew on the earlier conventions of the Seat of Wisdom. (The Seat of Wisdom is/are icons/sculptures that shows the Virgin Mary is seated on a throne with Jesus, as a kid, on her lap.) This was popular in northern Germany in the 1500s.

Two well-known shrines to St. Anne is that of Ste-Anne-d’Auray in Brittany (France) & that of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre near the city of Quebec. The number of pilgrims to the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre is the greatest of St. Anne’s Feast Day (July 26), & the Sunday before the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (September 8). In 1892, Pope Leo XIII sent a relic of St. Anne to the church.

By the middle of the 7th century, a distinct feast day, the Conception of St. Anne (Maternity of Holy Anne) celebrating Mary by St. Anne, was observed at the Monastery of St. Sabas.

It’s now known in the Greek Orthodox Church as the feast of “The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos.” It’s celebrated on December 9th. In the Catholic Church, the Feast of Saints Anne & Joachim is celebrated on July 26. The alleged relics of St. Anne was brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople in 710 & was kept there in the church of St. Sophia as late as 1333.

During the 12th & 13th centuries, returning crusaders & pilgrims from the East brought St. Anne’s relics to some churches, including most famously those at Apt, in Provence, Ghent, & Chartres. St. Anne’s relics have been preserved & venerated in the many cathedrals & monasteries dedicated to her name.

For example, in Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, & Greece in the semi-autonomous Mount Athos, & the city of Katerini. Duren has been the main place of pilgrimage for Anne since 1506, when Pope Julius II decreed that her relics should be kept there, after they were stolen from the church of St. Stephen in Mainz.

The Church of St. Anne in Beit Guvrin National Park was built by the Byzantines & the crusaders in the 12th century. This is known in Arabic as Khirbet Sandahanna, the mound of Maresha being called Tell Sandahanna.

St. Anne is the patroness of unmarried women, housewives, women in labor or who want to be pregnant, grandmothers, moms, & educators. She’s also a patroness of horseback riders, cabinet-makers, & miners.

As the mom of Mary, this devotion to St. Anne as the patron of miners arises from the medieval comparison between Mary & Jesus & the precious metals: gold & silver. Anne’s womb was considered the source from which these precious metals were mined.

St. Anne is the patron saint of Brittany (France); Cuenca (Ecuador); Chinandega (Nicaragua); the Mi’kmaq people of Canada; Castelbuono (Sicily); Quebec (Canada); Santa Ana (California); Norwich (Connecticut); Detroit (Michigan); Adjunta (Puerto Rico); Santa Ana & Jucuaran (El Salvador); Berlin (New Hampshire); Santa Ana Pueblo, Seama, & Taos (New Mexico); Chiclana de la Frontera, Marsaskala, Tuadela, Atarfe & Fasnia (Spain); Town of Sta Ana Province of Pampanga, Molo, Iloilo City, Balasan; Iloilo, Hagnoy, Santa Ana, Taguig City, St. Anne Shrine, Malicboy, Pagbilao, Quezon, & Malinao, Albay (Philippines); Santana (Brazil); St. Anne (Illinois); Sainte Anne Island; Baie Sainte Anne & Praslin Island (Seychelles); Bukit Mertajam & Port Klang (Malaysia); Kl’ucove (Slovakia) & South Vietnam.

The parish church of Vatican City is Sant’ Anna dei Palafrenieri. There’s a shrine dedicated to St. Anne in the Woods in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Anne is also revered in Islam, recognized as a highly spiritual woman & as the mom of Mary. She’s not named in the Quran. She’s called “the wife of Imran.” The Quran describes her remaining childless until old age. One day, Anne saw a bird feeding its young while sitting in the shade of a tree, which awakened her desire to have kids of her own.

She prayed for a kid & eventually conceived. Imran, her husband, died before the kid was born. Anne expected the unborn kid to be a boy, so she vowed to dedicate “him” to isolation & service in the Second Temple.

Anne had a daughter (Mary) instead. Anne named her: Mary. Anne’s words upon delivering Mary reflect as a great mystic, realizing that while she’d had wanted a son, this daughter was God’s gift to her.

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