Home made ribbon pasta from Piedmont, usually served either with a sauce made with chicken livers, or with butter, truffle and Parmesan cheese.
A wholemeal pasta from Terni in Umbria, shaped like coarse shoelaces. This pasta needs to cook for about 22 minutes.
Grouper. The most common species, this is reddish or yellowish brown particularly popular in North Africa. Being firm and dense, and relatively bone-free, makes it good for poaching or grilling. Good cold.