brigante

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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The cappelacci del brigante, at left, is prepared with hand-marinated mussels, garlic, and pasta made in-house.

Refined Italian on Columbus Circle 2010
The brigand is supposed to derive his name from the O.Fr. _brigan_, which is a form of the Ital. _brigante, _ an irregular or partisan soldier.

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