Aceto Balsamico Prized, Concetrated Vinegar from Modena

Affettati Sliced cured meats

Aglio e Olio Garlic and oil sauce for pasta

Agrodolce Sweet and sour

Amatriciana, All' Guanciale, red onion, and thick tomato sauce. Spicy

Amaro Bitter

Antipasto Before the meal

Aperitivi Appetite aiding liqueurs

Arbequina Small brown spanish olive

Arista Loin of pork cooked on the bone with onion & fennel (Tuscany)

Baccala (Lupa made) Fresh salted codfish

Bavette Thin linguine

Braciole Stuffed, rolled, tied, and braised pork shoulder. Here,with garlic, parsley, mint, lemon, cheese

Bucatini Fat hollow spaghetti

Cacio & Pepe Traditional Roman pasta with pecorino and coarse black pepper

Carbonara, All' "Coal Miner's Style" Guanciale, Egg & Black Pepper

Carciofi Artichokes

Capellaci Hat Shaped, Filled Pasta

Campari Bitter aperitif

Cannellini Elongated white bean

Cavalo Nero Tuscan Black Kale

Ceci Garbanzo Beans

Coda Alla Vaccinara "Butcher's Style" Oxtail braised in white wine, tomato, celery, pine nuts & raisins

Coppa Spicy, cured pork shoulder

Crochetta Croquette

Diavola, alla “Devil style;” spicy and hot

Digestivi Liquers to aid digestion

Escarole Mild, Bitter lettuce

Formaggi Cheeses

Fregola Sardinian Drum Wheat Pasta

Gnocchi Dumplings; in our case, without potato

Goat Curd Coach Farm Goat Cheese

Guanciale Cured pig jowl

Lazio The region Rome is located in

Lingua Tongue

Lupa “she-wolf”

Misticanza Classic roman salad, here with arugula, radish & fennel

Osteria

Pecorino Romano Aged sheep’s milk cheese

Pecorino Foja De Noce Pecorino cave aged in walnut leaves

Pepperoncino Fresh hot chili pepper

Pesce Fish

Pomodoro Tomato

Ragu Sauce or hearty stew for pasta

Ricotta Salata aged and salted cows milk cheese that can be grated

Saltimbocca Literally, “jumps into the mouth”. Veal, prosciutto & sage

Salumeria A place where cured meats are sold

Salumi General term for cured sausages

Scabece Poached in vinegar

Scapece Dressed with vinegar & chili flake

Soppressata Cured pork sausage

Sorrel Leafy Lemon Flavored Herb

Sott 'Olio Preservaed in oil

Tartufo Truffle

Testa Head cheese

Treviso Type of radicchio

Trippa Tripe

Uve Grapes

Vin Cotto Boiled grape must