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alloro
bay/laurel
In minestre, and plenty of other uses in the Italian kitchen. Liquore di alloro, made in homes all over the south, is a digestivo, and some say a pretty good cough syrup.
In Sicilian, it's called addauru; the best come from the Monti Iblei area.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Francesco Gasparetti