Stuffed Whole Squid Braised with Onions, Tomatoes, Chili Pepper, and White Wine

It is only recently that I discovered that what I mean by calamari isn’t necessarily the same as what an American guest has in mind. Good friends from the States were visiting in Venice and we had gone together to the city’s best fish restaurant. I asked if I could help decipher the menu, but one of them replied, “It isn’t necessary. I see from it they have calamari and that is what I am going to have.” When a platter with whole, roasted squid was brought to him he was indigna