The accompanying parsley, radish, red onion, pine nut and currant salad rounds out the plate with contrasting textures and lively flavors.

WSJ: Ignacio Mattos's Fennel, Chili and Yogurt Roast Chicken with Parsley Salad | Slow Food Fast

As it stands, the only options are a bland salad and a very tasty plate of blistered shishito peppers served with four sorts of salt: green tea, wasabi, hickory, and yuzu.

NEWYORKER: Do or Dine

Between them they keep alive a tradition that goes back centuries, a tradition celebrated on the plate in the form of stuffed mussels, marinated anchovies, octopus salad, deep-fried sea anemones, prawns with cannellini beans, and linguine with spiny lobster.

BBC: Sardinia, land and sea