Ciambotta

This rustic vegetable dish is variously called ciambotta in Calabria, ciammotta in Basilicata, and cianfotta in Campania and Lazio. The last spelling is used by famed author Luigi Carnacina and is gleefully translated by the irrepressible Faith Willinger as “John Fuck.” One story suggests that the dish was first made by a famous madam in a Naples brothel, and that the name is derived from cian (slut) and fotta (made). Regardless of how the name evolved, th