Purple sandpiper. Half way in size between a knot and a dunlin, this is another coastal wader which lurks in the rocks.

Curved tubular pasta. Elbow pasta.

Ridged, curved tubular pasta. Ridged elbow pasta.

A name in Sicily for a peperoncino, a small red hot chilli from the south of Italy and used much in its cuisine. It is grown in huge quantities in Basilicata, the Marche and Calabria.

A name in Calabria for a peperoncino, a small red hot chilli from the south of Italy and used much in its cuisine. It is grown in huge quantities in Basilicata, the Marche and Calabria.

A name in Sicily for a peperoncino, a small red hot chilli from the south of Italy and used much in its cuisine. It is grown in huge quantities in Basilicata, the Marche and Calabria.

Named after a species of bat because of its shape, this ia a cut of poultry from just beneath the neck to under where the wings are attached to the torso.

To bubble, to blip. To cook for a long time at a very low simmer, as it is known in Naples.

A name for bucatini, long, hollow pasta noodles in Sicily.