Find the meaning of Italian food terms that you see in recipes and on our cooking courses in Tuscany

cabaret

phone box

cocoa; (of tree) cacao; – in polvere cocoa powder

game; venison

a (of rabbit/chicken &c) herb/wine/tomato sauced

small salami; white-wined pork-beef garlic salami

fish stew

persimmon; kaki

nut of butter-enclosing cheese

soft-cheese

cow or ewe’s milk cheese

cactus

a (of price &c) each

cafe; – con dehors cafe with chairs outside

white coffee, coffee with milk

caffeine; senza – decaffeinated

cafeteria; breakfast-room

coffe-maker; percolator; coffee-pot

vi (of milk) to congeal; to curdle

curd

curdling

rennet

a (of region) Calabrian

small squid; cuttlefish

squid

(of herb) calamint

dumb-waiter

heel

(of cocktail) vermouth/whisky

candied fruit/nut pastries for Christmas

boiled chestnut

roast chestnut

roast chestnut seller

cauldron

a very hot; piping hot; sizzling

a hot; warm; tenere in – (of dish &c) to keep warm/hot; tavola – nf snack-bar calibrato a (of fruit &c size) graded

(of fruit &c size) grade

(of fruit &c size) to grade

(of drinking) stemmed glass

(of fruit &c) shell; hull

(of thirst &c) to assuage

heat

calorie; rico di -e high in calories palorico a calorie, caloric

heater

a calorific

leavened-dough mozzarella/tomato/ham-pizza; folded-over filled pizza

room; – con bagno en-suite room; – doppia double room; – a due letti twin-bed room; -e libere (of B&B) vacancies; giacca da ~ dinner-jacket; – a letto matrimoniale double bedded room; – degli ospiti spare (guest) room; – da pranzo dining-room; – singol

waitress; barmaid

waiter; barman

in – (of egg) poached

van; – dei

caribou

a (of liquids) strong

cochineal

short-grained rice

meat; flesh; – bianca white meat; ~ di castrato mutton; – pressata luncheon meat

carnival

pulpiness; fleshiness

a plump; fleshy; meaty

a expensive

carrot

carotene

thin-sliced raw beef; lemon/oil/cheesed raw meat

a soused in vinegar

freshwater fish: carp; in – soused