369. Àrista

During the Council of 1430, convened in Florence to resolve some differences between the Roman and Greek Churches, this dish, which was known by another name at the time, was served up to the bishops and their entourage. When they found it to their liking, they began to cry “arista, arista” (good, good!), and that Greek word continues, four and a half centuries later, to denote saddle of pork cooked in this manner.