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

(of stock &c) cube

fallow deer

demijohn

a dancing; te – tea dancing

(of fruit) date; -i di 1, mare shellfish: sea dates

a decaffeinated

(of cake &c) to decorate; (of icing) to pipe

(of cake &c) decoration

to shell; to hull

decoction; reduction

a (of restaurant &c) out-of-the-way

to swallow

tate-vin; tastevin

tasting

white whale

dolphin

a fine; mellow

titbit; morsel

a medium-dry

cash; money

a (of olives) pitted

appellation controlee; guaranteed standard

a thick; (of cream) double; (of jelly) set

tooth; al – crunchy; firm; (of meat) slightly underdone; – di leone dandelion

a serrated

sea fish: dentex; sea bream

(of money) deposit; (of wine) lees; deposit; sediment; (of kettle) skale; – doganale bonded warehouse

foodstuff

dinner-table

lunch; vi to lunch

dessert; pudding; sweet; confection

dextrose deteinato a (of tea) decaffeinated

a perishable

detergent

detailed bill

a (of bill) itemized

a diabetic

diamond

a devilled; grilled diavolo di mare adv sea-fish: devilfish

December dieci a ten

a digestible

to digest

post-prandial drink; liqueur; digestif

abstinence; fast diliscare vt (of fish) to bone diluire vtto dilute; to thin; to water down

dilute; thin dimagrante a-,(of product/diet) slimming

to reduce

reduction

(of cooking &c) demonstration

diploma

cream/liqueur pastry

(of grapes) to pick from bunch

a disabled

(of handicap) disability

(of pastry &c) circle; disc; round

to dissolve; to thaw; to melt

to melt

thaw; melt

a (of fruit &c) dried; dehydrated; desiccated

(of kettle) descaler

(of kettle) to descale

disinfectant

(of meat) to bone

a (of meat) boned

store-cupboard; larder; buttery; pantry; scullery disponibile a (of table/room) free; available

(of table &c) to arrange; to lay

(of table/flowers &c) arrangement

a (of thirst) refreshing; quenching

(of thirst) to refresh; to slake; to quench distillare W to distill

(of alcohol) still; (of person) distiller

distillation

(of coffee/tickets &c) vending machine

tubed pasta

small tubed pasta; – rigati small soup pasta

finger; (of whisky &c) tot

(of seating) banquette

entertainment

to party; to have fun

to divide; to separate

prohibition; – di fumare no smoking; – di sosta no parking

devour

decoction; reduction

a twelve

earthenware jar

cake; (of menu) pudding; a (of flavour) sweet; (of cigars &c) mild; pleasant; acqua – fresh water; – all’ uvetta rock-cake; farina – chestnut flour; patata – yam; sweet potato

a bitter-sweet

corn salad

sweetmeat; Piedmont red wine

(of fruit) sweetness

a sweet; confectionery

a sweetish; oversweet

sugar substitute; sweetener

vt to sweeten

a sweetened

sweetening

cake; – da te tea cake

confectionery

sweets; confectionery

tomorrow; sera di – tomorrow evening

Sunday

home; consegne a- delivered to your home

gift; present dopo prep after, adv afterwards; ~domani the day after tomorrow; – di lei! after you!

after-dinner

after-lunch

two-branched candlestick

(of whisky &c) double; a (of helping) double; (of coffee) double espresso

browned; toasted

browning

a dorsal

a dorsal

(of animal) back

dory

a (of scoop/jug &c) measuring

dose; amount; ~i measures; ingredients

tarragon

drink

spice

vtto spice

a spiced

grocery

grocer due a two

(of grain) durra duracina a(f) (of cherry) bigarreau; (of peach) cling (clingstone)

vi (of time) to last

(of meat) toughness

(of fruit) durian

a hard; firm; stiff; (of meat) tough; (of water) hard

corn

(dura) nf (of grain sorghum) durra