Pine nut meticulous person) and are an essential component of Italian pesto sauce; the upsurge in the popularity of this sauce since the 1990s has increased the visibility of the nut in America, primarily on the West Coast. "Torta della nonna" (literally "granny's cake") is a generic Italian dish name that in most families indicates an old family recipe for any kind of cake but often is used for a tart or a pie filled with custard, topped with pine nuts and optionally dusted with icing sugar. "Pignoli" cookies, an Italian American specialty confection (in Italy these would be called "biscotti ai
Sweet bean sauce sweet bean sauces owe their sweet flavor to the fermentation of starches rather than to the addition of refined sugar. Sweet bean sauce can be found in standard Asian supermarkets under various English names. In Chinese, it is written 甜面酱. In Korea, "chunjang" () is most commonly used to make "jajang" (), a black gravy served with a popular noodle dish called "jajangmyeon". Other common dishes with "jajang" sauce include "jajang-bap" ("rice with "jajang" sauce") and "jajang-tteok-bokki" (stir-fried rice cakes with "jajang" sauce). Although stir-frying "chunjang" to make "jajang" is the most common use for the sauce, "chunjang" may also