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büsecca
  A tripe and vegetable soup typical of the Milan province.
 
babà
  Ring-shaped yeast cake usually soaked in rum, originally from Poland but very much associated with Neapolitan pastrymaking, now typical of Naples.
 
babbaluci
  Small snails, cooked in garlic or tomato sauce.
 
baccalà
  Salt-dried cod, which is reconstituted by soaking in water, then boiled (sometimes in milk) as a stew or eaten cold or fried. Italy produces a great deal of baccalà most popular during the Christmas holidays. The word is also often synonymous with wind-dried stoccafisso (see).
 
baccelone
  Livornese soft ewe's milk cheese. It is traditionally accompanied by fava beans.
 
baci
  "Kisses." Chocolate-hazelnut candies, a specialty of the Perugina Company.
 
baci di dama
  "Lady's kisses," chocolate-covered almond cookies, from Piedmont.
 
baggiano
  Fava bean, shelled and cooked fresh or dried and reconstituted in water.
 
bagna cauda
  "Hot sauce." Piedmontese dipping sauce made with anchovies and garlic, usually served warm. When almost finished the leftover oil is used to cook eggs.
 
bagnomaria
  Double boiler. A technique used to heat food or leftovers.

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