Food products
With the Apuans Alps in the distance and the coast line as a border, Versilia's cuisine is softer and refined, being fish the main ingredient of its recipes. So a typical dish is the 'Cacciucco', a steaming fish soup with garlic toast, the paternity of which is contested by the nearby Livorno, followed by the mussel soup, the risotto with squid and chard, the clam soup, mussel marinara, 'Sparnocchi' (prawn) with beans and finally, fried eels (called 'cèe') with sage. Vegetables are also an essential part of this cooking tradition: black cabbage and beans with polenta, 'Zuppa incavolata' and potatoes with 'Frescadei'. Among the sweets we can find the small biscuits called 'Befanini' and the 'Ciacci', fried sweets sprinkled with sugar.