"Woodcock in the style of Norcia." A dish of woodcock stuffed, as woodcock often is, with its own entrails, herbs and truffles and then roasted on a spit.

Beccaccia alla ternana is an Italian dish of woodcock served on fried bread which has been spread with the entrails.

Figpecker. Figeater. A small migratory bird very similar to the blackcap. They are usually threaded on skewers and grilled. The main reason for their great popularity is that, as their name implies, they feed on figs, sweetening their flesh and giving them a desirable plumpness.

A Ligurian dish of figpeckers baked on large mushrooms.

Figpecker. Figeater. A small migratory bird very similar to the blackcap. They are usually threaded on skewers and grilled. The main reason for their great popularity is that, as their name implies, they feed on figs, sweetening their flesh and giving them a desirable plumpness.

A Sardinian word for stuffed. More commonly it means game birds.

A Sicilian dish of sardines, either stuffed and baked or breaded and fried.

A colloquialism for ham.

Maize flour cakes from the Marche made with pine nuts and sultanas.