Ballad: A short narrative poem, written to be sung. They tell of love, death, the supernatural, or a combination of these. A characteristic of the ballad is incremental repetition or variation. Incremental variation repeats one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action.
Name[edit] The word zuppa in Italian cuisine refers to both sweet and savoury dishes. It comes from the verb inzuppare which means to dunk. As the sponge cake or Lady fingers are dipped in liqueur the dish is called Zuppa.
Zucchini is a traditional part of the cuisine of the Vento region of Italy, which is the area around Venice, one of the most important cities of Mediterranean Europe. Also a popular garden plant in the United States, zucchini offers fiber, potassium and vitamin A .