Since it comes on Stanley Tucci’s recommendation, I submit to the earthy-tasting offal sandwich at around 9am on a blindingly ...

He is promptly handed a hot lampredotto sandwich. “She is like a mother to me,” he says in Italian. Lampredotto Lesso (Boiled Lampredotto) Add salt to boiling water and then drop in the tripe ...

So, Florence for sandwiches? Yes, actually ... been all about making the most of cheaper cuts and offal, and tripe is so popular that the city is scattered with special ‘trippaio restaurants’.

Tripe love, mortadellacore, electric Alice Waters and the sandwiches there. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with this week’s Tasting Notes. In Rome this summer ...