A Valtellina Superiore DOC red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes (locally known as Chiavennasca) from the Valtellina Valley in Lombardy. The wine is said to be named from the stifling heat of the valley in summer. The wine is deep garnet-coloured, intense, herbal and cherry-flavoured but slightly leaner than Piedmont Nebbiolo wines. The Valtellina vineyards are said to be dying out because of the many difficulties in working steeply sloped Alpine vines, held up by a precarious terracing of stone walls.

"Infusion." Teas made from wild sage leaves or rose petals or various herbs might be called infusions.

A name in Treviso for a long, curled, mildy spiced sausage. It may be grilled and served as an antipasto or used in pasta sauces or braised in white wine.

Biscuits (US: cookies) from Tuscany made with butter and raisins soaked in rum.

Grilled on a hot plate - a cast iron grating used on top of an oven.

Ingredients

Refers to dishes cooked in butter and white wine with a suggestion of tomato. Often applied to fish dishes.

A heading on a menu, this means 'other' or 'sundries'.

"In a frying pan (US: skillet)" Pan-fried. I always think this is a strange expression. How else could it be fried?

Poultry or game cooked "in the style of the pig", with a stuffing of chopped liver and bacon or ham, with herbs including rosemary and garlic, usually fennel, and then braised in wine.