Robert Greene’s pastoral romance Menaphon (Bookshop|Amazon), written in 1589, includes this memorable simile: “Thy breath is like the steeme of apple pies.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Thy Breath Is Also Like Baseball, and...
Herb in Greenfield, Massachusetts, learned French as a child and wondered why à la mode, meaning “in the fashion,” came to mean ice cream on pie. The phrase comes through French from the Latin modus, “manner, fashion, or style,” and English cooks...