cucina
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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We have different names for it depending on the culture and era: Italy’s cucina povera, Depression-era “waste not, want not” cooking, the deeply practical art of stretching ingredients without making dinner feel bleak.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Grains, pulses and vegetables dominate this cucina povera, with small amounts of meat and cheese.
From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2019
From the recipe’s cucina povera beginnings, Marchetti added one more secret for an updated version on Food & Wine: the umami-intensifying power of dried porcini, times two.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2019
In “Victuals,” Lundy has documented America’s own cucina povera, proving that it is a very rich tradition indeed.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2016
This is taken from the same Latin word from which the Romance languages formed cuisine, cucina; not from the classical Latin, culina.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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