Halibut (US: turbot). A huge, side-swimming flatfish found in the deep waters of the North Atlantic. The skin is dark gray or brown. It is often smoked as it has dense, oily flesh. A smaller version is called chicken turbot.
A dish from Ferrare in Emilia-Romagna of pasta coated with goose fat, mixed with raisins and pine nuts and baked.
"The father." A name in Tuscany and southern Italy given to the form of leavening involving the use of yeast or biga, the dough rising and being beaten back and rising again. Called la madre (the mother) further north.
