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Boriotti refers to Italian fat, pulpy medium-sized beans, light brown in color, speckled with darker brown. The nearest US equivalent is cranberry or pinto beans.

Bottiglia is the Itlian word for bottle

Busecchina refers to chestnut dessert from Lombardia, Italy. It is a baked dessert of boiled and pureed chestnuts with added cream.

Busecchina is pronounced "boo-sehk-kee-nah"

Bovolo is the Italian word for snail. In Italian cooking, snails are usually sauteed with garlic and olive oil.

Braciola is the Italian term which means small size of meat, cutlet or chop of pork, veal, lamb. In southern Italy, bracciola or brasciola may refer to a stuffed roll of meat or fish

Bramata refers to Italian fine cornmeal, finer than flour used in polenta

Bramata is pronounced "brah-mah-tah"

  1. Branzi
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  3. Braciolina
  4. Biraldo