Birds. Game birds. Small birds increasingly protected in Italy.

Veal cubed and threaded onto a skewer. Since sage is a good marriage with veal this is often included, and pancetta.

A sheep's milk cheese from Sardinia.

"Bones of the dead." A Venetian dish created by Giorgio Puppola of focaccia laced with zabaione cream.

"Bone with a hole." One of several Milanese names for osso buco.

"Bone with a hole." A Milanese name for veal shin (US: shank), which has come to mean the famous name of the dish of braised veal shins.

"Bone with a hole." One of several Milanese names for osso buco.

A dish from Milan of veal shanks braised in white wine with tomatoes and onions, peas and mushrooms.

A dish from Milan of veal shanks braised in white wine.

Cranberry