Cornmeal biscuits (US: corn starch cookies) from Piedmont.

A wafer served with ice cream.

A frozen dessert made with vanilla mousse, cream and eggs and amaretti, sometimes with rum added.

Biscuits (US: cookies) from Lombardy flavoured with aniseed.

A type of pork sausage from Piedmont very similar to brawn put into casings.

A name for the little stint, a snipe-like bird, in some parts of the Veneto.

Mallow. Could you send details (and a picture) to queries@whatamieating.com if you know more?

Cream, nuts and fruit mixed together and frozen, served sprinkled with crushed amaretti.

"Beef steak." On the whole "beefsteak" indicates that it is likely to be an inferior cut or it would be specifically named. In Italy bistecca is most likely to be T-bone, sirloin or rump.

"Beef steak in the style of Bismarck." A steak served with a fried egg on top.