A local dialect word in Venezia Giulia for 'arca di Noe', so-called because the shell is said to resemble Noah's Ark. It is usually eaten raw, when it is quite tough and chewy, or cooked like mussels and included in pasta dishes.
A dialect name for the St George's mushroom. A small white or cream mushroom that appears in parts of Europe around St George's Day on 23rd April.
A local dialect word in Tuscany for 'arca di Noe', so-called because the shell is said to resemble Noah's Ark. It is usually eaten raw, when it is quite tough and chewy, or cooked like mussels and included in pasta dishes.
A local dialect word in the Veneto for 'arca di Noe', so-called because the shell is said to resemble Noah's Ark. It is usually eaten raw, when it is quite tough and chewy, or cooked like mussels and included in pasta dishes.
"Moustaches." Sweet almond biscuits (US: cookies) which look a bit like rock cakes, rough in shape with orange peel and almonds, sometimes dried fruits, sticking out through the slightly spicy dough. These may be covered in chocolate, though the ones we ate in Assisi, mostaccioli di San Francesco, were not.
