Describes certain dishes prepared with garlic.parsley and olive oil.

"In the style of Puglia. This might indicate a pasta dish of spaghetti or linguine served with a sauce of turnip tops, onions and garlic stewed in olive oil with tomato purée and basil.

"In the style of the hooker." Alla puttanesca is a sauce of tomatoes, garlic, chillis, anchovies and capers with parsley and black olives.

Lenten. Of Lent: the period leading up to Easter and associated with fasting.

"In the style of Aquilina" in Abruzzo.

Cooked chunks of crayfish (usually actually lobster) marinated in olive oil with garlic and herbs, chilled and then mixed with hot pasta.

"In the style of Ragusa" in Sicily.

"In the style of Arezzo" in Tuscany.

"In the style of Argento" in Sicily.