Glossary C

Culatello refers to a lean spicy-flavored ham that has been cured and soaked in wine. It is produced from rump (top round) of pork, cured in its bladder, and aged for as much as 18 months and then steeped in white wine.

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Chumbo refers to a Spanish exotic fruit that can be found growing wild almost everywhere. Seemingly impaled on the spikes of its cactus parent, these pear-sized fruits are ripe when at their reddest, that means around October.

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Coppiette refers to a cured meat from Tuscany, Italy.

It is a dried salami-like bars of wild boar or beef from the Maremma Coppiette are cut into strips, and is often flavored with chilis and then hung pairs, traditionally in the chimney, to smoke and dry.

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Calamari in zimino refers to an Italian dish of Squid that is stewed with swiss

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Carambolo is a Spanish word for star fruit

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Cafe mocha refers to coffee made of one (1) shot espresso and one (1) shot chocolate syrup, the rest of the cup is filled with foamed milk, then topped with whipped cream