Cecina

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

Cecina is made of all beef, while machaca is most often a mix of meats.

aporreadillo 2008

We head over to a pizzeria and eat Cecina, which is basically a chick pea patty with more in common with hummus than a slice, and drink a cheap sparkling concoction called Spuma Biondi made, Stefano tell me, out of sugar.

Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

We head over to a pizzeria and eat Cecina, which is basically a chick pea patty with more in common with hummus than a slice, and drink a cheap sparkling concoction called Spuma Biondi made, Stefano tell me, out of sugar.

Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

We head over to a pizzeria and eat Cecina, which is basically a chick pea patty with more in common with hummus than a slice, and drink a cheap sparkling concoction called Spuma Biondi made, Stefano tell me, out of sugar.

Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

The dish migrated to Tuscany, where it is called Cecina (from the Italian for chickpea, ceci) or “Calda, Calda” (meaning "hot, hot"); to Livorno (Torta di Ceci); across the border to Monaco and Nice, in France, where it is called Socca; to Sardinia (la fainé genovese); and to Gibraltar (Calentita).

Archive 2009-05-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009