A Neapolitan breakfast, “little sheets” of flaky pastry in the shape of a clam filled with ricotta and semolina (cream of wheat), fragrant with orange peel, vanilla and cinnamon.

The Mediterranean anchovy. Also known in dialect as “alice.”

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A bitter green vegetable, popular in regions of Southern Italy, tasting like a cross between broccoli and turnip greens.

A variety of cranberry (red and white) shell bean. If dried they must be soaked overnight before cooking.

A region of Italy south of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its principal city is Naples.