A version of Stracchino Gorgonzola, a cow's milk cheese made without the famous blue veining. White Gorgonzola.
Mantis shrimp. Squill. A flat tailed crustacean with a delicate flavour found from the eastern coast of North America to the Adriatic and Mediterranean. It is related to a crab rather than a prawn and bears some resemblance to a praying mantis, a kind of flat lobster which makes a chirp like a cricket and has lilac marks on its white flesh.
"Big breads." Suggestively shaped buns made with semolina (US: cream of wheat) and filled with crème pâtissière. These buns are traditionally made by nuns and are called panotti in dference to them, though they are commonly called. are also called minni di virgini, virgins' breasts.
"Spiced bread." Sometimes gingerbread, but mainly a sort of nougat-like confection with crystallised fruits, almonds and raisins, found in the Marche.
"Pot-bellied." A dish from Liguria of triangular egg-rich ravioli filled with ricotta cheese, greens such as chard and herbs and topped with a walnut cream sauce. May occasionally contain brains and sweetbreads.
