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romagnola

[Italian] plural romagnole

A type of watermelon which has a uniformn unpatterned grey skin and deep pink flesh.

Romana

/roh-MAH-nah/
[Italian]

A compact, round, purple-leafed variety of artichoke.

romano

/peh-kor-REE-noh roh-MAH-noh/
[Italian]

Pecorino romano. A piquant, hard sheep’s milk cheese made all over Lazio. (PDO) and invariably aged for at least 8 months.

rombo

/ROHM-boh/
[Italian] plural rombi

Turbot. An enormous, side-swimming flatfish with superb flavour. Those around Venice, from the Adriatic, are smaller and some say sweeter. Some sources describe this as brill as if they think that brill is just a small turbot.

rombo chiodato

/ROHM-boh kyoh-DAH-toh/
[Italian] plural rombi chiodati

Turbot. An enormous, side-swimming flatfish with superb flavour.

rombo liscio

/ROHM-boh LEE-shyoh/
[Italian] plural rombi lisci

Brill. A flatfish, lesser cousin of turbot, with the same fine, white, nutritious, firm flesh.

Rome

/ROH-mah/
[Italian]

Roma, or Rome, is a province and capital town of Lazio, a region of central western Italy, around Rome.

rondinella

[Italian]

Flying fish. Not much eaten, but either fried or grilled when caught.

Rondinella

/rohn-dee-NEHL-lah/
[Italian]

A variety of grape used for making light red or rosé wines. Those grown around Lake Garda in the Veneto are used in the production of Bardolino, which is made using a combination of Corvina Veronese, Molinara, Rondinella and Negrara grapes, and is Valpolicella's main grape.

Rosa di Chioggia

/ROH-sah dee KYOH-jyah/
[Italian]

This is what Venetians call radicchio, while they use "radicchio" to describe the whole family of chicories. Chioggia can be dark green or red.