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SAVVY A GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL FOOD TERMS
Going to Italy?
Aceto: vinegar Aglio: garlic Agnello: lamb Agnolotti: crescent-shaped, meat-filled pasta Agrodolce: sweet-and-sour Amaretti: crunchy almond macaroons Anatra: duck Anguilla: eel Aragosta: spiny lobster Arrosto: roasted meat
Bagna cauda: hot, savory dip for raw vegetables Bierra: beer Biscotti: cookies Bistecca (alla fiorentina): charcoal-grilled T-bone steak (seasoned with pepper and olive oil) Bolognese: pasta sauce with tomatoes and meat Bresaola: air-dried spiced beef; usually thinly sliced, served with olive oil and lemon juice Bruschetta: toasted garlic bread topped with tomatoes Bucatini: hollow spaghetti
Calzone: stuffed pizza-dough turnover Cannellini: white beans Cappelletti: meat- or cheese-stuffed pasta (‘little hats’) Carbonara: pasta sauce with ham, eggs, cream and grated cheese Carciofi (alla giudia): (flattened and deep-fried baby) artichokes Carpaccio: paper thin, raw beef (or other meats) Cassata: ice cream bombe Cavolfiore: cauliflower Ceci: chickpeas Cipolla: onion Conchiglie: shell-shaped pasta Coniglio: rabbit Coppa: cured pork fillet encased in sausage skin Costata: rib steak Costoletta (alla milanese): (breaded) veal chop Cozze: mussels Crespelle: crêpes Crostata: tart
Fagiolini: string beans Farfalle: bow-tie pasta Fegato: liver Fegato alla veneziana: calf’s liver sautéed with onions Fichi: figs Finocchio: fennel Focaccia: crusty flat bread Formaggio: cheese Frittata: Italian omelet Fritto misto: mixed fry of meats or fish Frutti di mare: seafood (especially shellfish) Funghi (trifolati): mushrooms (sautéed with garlic and parsley) Fusilli: spiral-shaped pasta
Gamberoni: prawns Gelato: ice cream Gnocchi: dumplings made of cheese (di ricotta), potatoes (di patate), cheese and spinach (verdi), or semolina (alla romana) Grana: hard grating cheese Granita: sweetened, flavored grated ice Griglia: grilled
Involtini: stuffed meat or fish rolls
Manzo: beef Mela: apple Melanzana: eggplant Minestra: soup; pasta course Minestrone: vegetable soup Mortadella: large, mild Bolognese pork sausage Mozzarella di bufala: fresh cheese made from water-buffalo milk
Osso buco: braised veal shanks Ostriche: oysters
Panettone: briochelike sweet bread Panna: heavy cream Pancetta: Italian bacon Pappardelle: wide, flat pasta noodles Pasta asciutta: pasta served plain or with sauce Pasticceria: pastry; pastry shop Pasticcio: pie or mold of pasta, sauce and meat or fish Patate: potatoes Pecorino: hard sheep’s-milk cheese Penne: hollow, ribbed pasta Peperoncini: tiny, hot peppers Pepperoni: green, red or yellow sweet peppers Pesca: peach Pesce: fish Pesce spada: swordfish Pesto: cold pasta sauce of crushed basil, garlic, pine nuts, parmesan cheese and olive oil Piccata: thinly sliced meat with a lemon or Marsala sauce Pignoli: pine nuts Polenta: cornmeal porridge Pollo: chicken Polipo: octopus Pomodoro: tomato Porcini: prized wild mushrooms, known also as boletus Prosciutto: air-dried ham
Ricotta: fresh sheep’s-milk cheese Rigatoni: large, hollow ribbed pasta Riso: rice Risotto: braised rice with various savory items Rucola: arugula
Salsicce: fresh sausage Saltimbocca: veal scallop with prosciutto and sage Sarde: sardines Semifreddo: frozen dessert, usually ice cream, with or without cake Sgombro: mackerel Sogliola: sole Spiedino: brochette; grilled on a skewer Spumone: light, foamy ice cream
Tiramisú: creamy dessert of rum-spiked cake and triple-crème Mascarpone cheese Tonno: tuna Torta: cake Tortelli: pasta dumplings stuffed with greens and ricotta Tortellini: ring-shaped dumplings stuffed with meat or cheese and served in broth or in a cream sauce Trenette: thin noodles served with potatoes and pesto sauce Trota: trout
Uva: grapes Uva passa: raisins
Verdura:
greens, vegetables
Vitello (Tonatto): veal (in a tuna and anchovy sauce) Vongole: clams |
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