The anglicised name for Lazio, a region of central western Italy, more extensive than ancient Latium, which includes Rome, Viterbo, Rieti, Frosinone and Latina. Land has been reclaimed in the Campagna di Roma and the Pontine marshes. Cereals and olives are cultivated. White wines are produced using predominantly Trebbiano grapes, the higher quality wines sometimes being flavored with Malvasia. Very few red wines are produced in Lazio.
A soft, white goat's milk cheese similar to Ste-Maure, dusted with charcoal. This was a Bronze Medal winner at the 1996 and 1997 British Cheese Awards. Similar to Laughton Log, except Laughton Log is larger.
The leaves of lavender may be used to perfume biscuits (US: cookies), ice creams and confection. They are used in Provence.
This distinctive, dark seaweed grows in intertidal areas and is also known as laverbread. It goes through a traditional washing, soaking and boiling process which takes several hours, before producing a thick purée.
Shaggy ink cap. A type of fungus which is edible when young. The cap overhangs so that, rather than the more common round cap, the shaggy ink cap has an elongated ovoid shape. It has shaggy scales which, when young, are white but which become darker with age. As it ages it becomes quite unpleasant to eat and eventually dissolves into a puddle of black liquid, giving it its English name.
