My mom’s cousin, who has lived in Rome (Trastevere, to be exact) for over 30 years just wrote to ask what food items we might want him to carry here next week when he comes to visit us in Boston. Gulp. Um, anything you can get your hands on and past U.S. customs if it comes from Rome!!! This really whetted my appetite, so I was a ‘gonner when I saw this recipe for arancini, or Italian rice balls. I first tasted arancini with some Italian friends while waiting for our pizzas to be served in the ultra-Roman neighborhood of Testaccio, my old haunts. I also watched my aunt practically levitate when she tasted a homemade arancino at a bar outside Palermo we had randomly stopped at for lunch. Now that was memorable. I bet you could add some veg to this recipe if, like me, you just gotta’ have ‘em. Get the recipe here.