But when really fresh fish is available, islanders add it to their colorful fried-vegetable couscous, as I have in the recipe here.

WSJ: The Produce-Packed Cuisine of Pantelleria

Drawn in by easy-to-digest prices and a traditional take on fish and chips, cabbies are known to queue up here for thick slices of fresh cod, fried skin-on in beef fat.

BBC: Chipping away at the history of fish and chips