Aceto Manodori Fine, aged balsamic 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 Tavern.

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  Dresses 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.

Uva Grapes.

Vin Cotto  Cooked wine.