Smoking, referring to the smoking of foods.

Pasta like macaroni, but made by wrapping sheets of freshly made pasta around iron wires, so that it is a tube.

"African." Light, crisp biscuits (US: cookies) with a dark brown exterior, often chocolate, made in Greve in Tuscany.

Aphrodisiac

Stench. Stink. The sort of smell that arises from fermenting grapes.

Barley rolls from Puglia

A geberal term for a mushroom Agaric. A mushroom with gills.

Common funnel cap mushroom. A funnel-shaped edible mushroom that grows on the ground in woods.

The aniseed funnel cap. This mushroom has a distincive pale blue colour of young specimens soon fading towards light grey. A couple of these will impart an almost liquorice flavour to a dish. Certainly not many are required but is a food addition to soups and stews.