A name in north eastern Italy for the horn shell, a brown mottled, nobbled shellfish about 7 cm long.
A white wine grape grown in the Veneto and spilling over into Fruili as well. It is used predominantly in Soave, the best of which are excellent and in sweet Recioto wine. It is a vigorous variety, much appreciated by growers because of its abundant and consistent output. Its grapes are good not only for vinification but also for consumption as a table fruit.
Garganey or summer teal. A small European duck having a conspicuous white stripe over each eye and down the back of the head in the male. It is found in northern Italy.
A type of pasta found in Romagna. It is like grooved penne, rolled and quill-shaped; a hollow, ribbed cylinder. Unlike many such pastas it is not made in long tubes which are then cut, but from small squares of pasta rolled around a dowel on the diagonal. To make the grooves they are then rolled over a ridged board. This all makes for a fantastically labour-intensive process. They are generally served with meat ragù or a ham and cream sauce of some kind.
A northern Italian dialect word for the garganey or summer teal, a small European duck having a conspicuous white stripe over each eye and down the back of the head in the male. It is found in northern Italy.
