tortellini
- n small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
- Proud locals also say tortellini, the small triangle-shaped meat-and-cheese-filled pasta, were invented in Bologna though Modena also stakes that claim.
- He does not recoil from snails, eels and sweetbreads as he once did, orders tortellini ai funghi porcini with authority, and often chooses a vintage he knows from back home.
- His favorite menu choice is the "Tacobellini" a pair of Burrito Supremes sliced to resemble tortellini though he's not that crazy about fast food to begin with.