Sicilian Roasted Pepper & Eggplant Salad

Throughout the Silk Road era, Sicily, a Mediterranean island separated from the tip of Italy by only a few miles and from Tunis by 100 miles of sea, played an important role as a gateway for spices, ingredients and cooking styles from the East traveling to Europe and back. Few civilizations have not touched it. The Phoenicians settled in Panormous, now Palermo; the Carthaginians founded Tripani; and the Greeks established Syracuse and Messina. The Romans considered it their breadbasket and