Panettone, Panforte, Pondosa and Pandolce are Italian sweet fruit breads, very similar to a fruit cake only very light in texture. They are wonderful with coffee or tea. They are also very good toasted in the morning for a light breakfast toast. Torrone is a Nougat candy from Sicily originally and comes either in a hard form or a soft form. It is made with honey, egg whites and nuts. There are either Pistachios, Almonds, Hazelnuts or Walnuts. Very rare to have two kinds of nuts. They are also flavored with Orange, Lemon, Vanilla and Almond. Usually only available during the Winter Holiday Seasons.

Panforte is an Italian dessert whose spelling begins with the letter "p." The pronunciation of the masculine singular noun -- which may be preceded by the masculine singular definite (il, "the") or indefinite (un, "a, an") articles -- will be "pan-FOR-tey" in Italian.

A traditional Christmas food in Italy is Panettone. Panettone is a sweet bread which you eat with a hot beverage or a sweet wine; it comes from the Italian word 'panneto'.

There are different types of Italian food. They arecategorized as appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and holiday dishes. Some common dishes are baked zucchini, tiny tomatoes and mozzarella, prosciutto and persimmon bundles, pasta, roast chicken, flank roll, summertime salad, roast bell peppers, hot potato salad, almond cookies, and marmalade pie. I learned about this from: http:/www.flavorsandmemories.com which has a lot of Italian food names along with recipes. There is an option to buy the cookbook also. Hope it will help you.