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Spring, the season. Dishes cooked alla primavera are likely to contain spring vegetables such as peas and young artichokes.

"Spring-like." In the style of the spring, likely to be with spring vegetables such as peas and young artichokes.

"First plates." First course dishes, which may be thick soup, pasta, risotto.

"Primitive" in the sense of first, this is an early-ripening grape variety used in making red wines in Puglia. They have been discovered to be genetically similar to California's Zinfandel grapes.