An amuse-gueule or appetiser, a bite-size snack, to stimulate the palate. It is usually quite salty in flavour. It is a slightly slang expression meaning "taste amuser". The more polite form is amuse-bouche.
A variety of wine grape grown in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and used in making sweet, golden white dessert wines which used to be very highly regarded, compared with Chateau d'Yqem and Tokay.
A highly regarded, hand-rolled wholemeal pasta from the Val di Chianna in Tuscany shaped like coarse shoelaces. This pasta needs to cook for about 22 minutes and is often served just with grated cheese or olive oil and breadcrumbs.
Bite-size turnovers from Macerata in the Marches with a filling of sweetened ricotta and raisins, sometimes flavoured with cinnamon and a splash of rum.
