Some vocabulary to get you around an Italian kitchen.
Salt sale
Pepper (ground) pepe
Oregano origano
Basil basilico
Coffee Grounds caffè machinato (whole beans are caffè in grani)
Tea tè
Milk latte
Bread pane
Chocolate cioccolato
Ice Cream gelato
Sandwich panino 0r sandwich
Cream crema
Sugar zucchero
Flour farina
Cornmeal farina di mais
Corn Starch amido di mais
Yeast lievito
Baking Powder lievito di polvere
Rice riso
Butter burro
Balsamic aceto di balsamico
Olive oil olio d’oliva
Garlic aglio
Chickpeas ceci
Beans fagioli
Cereal cereale
Onion cipolla
Tomato pomodoro
Canned Tomatoes pelati (canned/jar peeled tomato puree)
Bell Pepper peperone
Salad insalata
Pasta Pasta
Cheese formaggio
Cream cheese creme di formaggio (Italians call it “Philadelphia”)
Eggs uova
Egg whites albumi
Egg yolks tuorli d’uovo
bacon bacon, pancetta (raw bacon) pancetta affunicato (smoked),
lardo (fatty, spiced)
Ham prosciutto (baked or cooked ham)
Prosciutto prosciutto crudo (di Parma), or Speck (smoked)
Beef manzo
Ground beef carne di manzo macinata
Pork maiale
Chicken pollo
Turkey tacchino
Sausage salsiccia
Wine vino
Water acqua (naturale or gassata, without or with carbonation)
Bottle bottiglia (ask for a “bottiglia d’aqua gassata”)
Strawberries fragole
Blueberries mirtilli
Melon melone
Apple mela
Peach pesca
Pear pera
Cherries ciliegie
Grapes uva
Raisins uva passa
Figs fichi
Orange arancia
Lemon limone
Ice ghiaccio
Ice Cubes cubetti di ghiaccio