This is a preview of the content in our Italian Food Decoder app. Get the app to:
- Read offline
- Remove ads
- Access all content
- Build a list of your own favourites
- Search the contents with full-text search functionality
- ... and more!
lampreda
lamprey
A delicacy in western France, a menace to the American Great Lakes but almost unknown in Italy, although it used to be quite common in the Arno and is eaten in Cercenasco, Piedmonte (where it's also known as lampré). Now rare, but if caught while young they are fried as part of a fritto misto.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS