The word pizza derives from an Italian term at least a thousand years old for a type of savory flat bread. The type of pie we now think of as pizza, with tomato sauce, has been around since the 15th century, when tomatoes were first brought back to...
This week, we’re going through the e-mail bag. Here’s a savory, sensuous one. It’s from Stacey in Boulder, Colorado.
Cabbage Night n.— «Ah, the joys of the annual ritual of mischief known throughout Vermont as Cabbage Night. It’s the night many home- and business-owners have come to dread as youths harness all their collective naughtiness into one evening of...
leisure farm n.— «Now the fashion is having a leisure farm for the weekend. They’re planning to grow tomatoes and other salad vegetables for their own tables. Parang it’s becoming fashionable again to work with your hands.» —“The subject was roses...
