Poultry, including duck, or game cooked "in the style of the suckling pig", with a stuffing of chopped liver and bacon or ham, with herbs including rosemary and garlic, usually fennel, and then cooked in a wood-burning oven.
A name for cold cuts, especially in Genoa. It actually means "participants in a sack race" and refers to sausages and salamis made with spiced minced (US: ground) and chopped pork stuffed into different shaped casings.
Brine or salt solution for preservation of meats, fish or vegetables. It is also used for soaking olives for at least 40 days to render them edible.
A salad of tomatoes, celery, French beans and cucumbers with chicken and prosciutto, dressed with olive oil and vinegar and topped with grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese.
A salad of cooked potatoes, green beans and chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) with tomatoes, spring onions (US: scallions, salad onions) and herbs, usually basil, dressed with oil and lemon juice.
Greek salad. In Greece this would be roughly cut cucumber mixed with chunks of tomato, a few onion rings scattered over the top, a little oregano, a few olives, some cubes of Feta cheese and some olive oil.
