It’s very likely that the calzones made back in 18th century Naples were much smaller than today’s modern American ones. Some American Italian restaurants today will sell calzones that are big enough to feed a whole family. American Calzones will also usually be topped with garlic, herbs, and olive oil.Read More →
Yes, calzones are Italian. The calzone may seem as American as apple pie, but its roots trace directly back to Naples, Italy, where the pizza was born. Roughly translated to mean “pants legs” in Italian, the calzone was built for the guy or girl on the go. Who actually inventedRead More →
The given name comes from the Scottish surname and clan name, which comes from the toponym Lindsey, which in turn comes from the Old English toponym Lindesege (“Island of Lind”) for the city of Lincoln, in which Lind is the original Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and islandRead More →
displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish: Her disgruntled husband refused to join us. What does the term disgruntled mean? : unhappy and annoyed a disgruntled employee She led her sodden and disgruntled team back into the changing rooms, insisting that the practice had not been a waste of time, though withoutRead More →
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is usually cited as the first major composer to use this instrument in a work for full symphony orchestra. He first used it in his symphonic poem The Voyevoda, Op. posth. 78, premiered in November 1891. What kind of instrument is celesta? Celesta, also spelled celeste, orchestralRead More →
The very first recipe for a millefeuille appeared in François Pierre La Varenne’s cookbook in 1651. Did Napoleon invent the pastry? 2) The pastry was invented by a Danish chef and was first served on the occasion of a state visit by the French emperor. 3) The pastry was firstRead More →
Although Louis Pasteur famously developed pasteurization to kill harmful bacteria in wine in 1864, a half century later—in 1913, when bacteriologist Alice Evans began her career at the US Department of Agriculture’s dairy division—pasteurization of milk was still not mandatory. Who created Pasteurised milk and why was it created? TheRead More →
adjective. full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious. Obsolete. wretched; miserable. Can baleful mean sad? adjective Archaic Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. What incredulously means? 1 : unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical. 2 : expressing incredulity an incredulousRead More →
: to surprise or shock (someone) —usually used as (be) taken aback When I told him my answer, he seemed taken aback. What figurative language is taken aback? Surprise, shock, as in He was taken aback by her caustic remark. This idiom comes from nautical terminology of the mid-1700s, whenRead More →
Bronchial vessels usually originate from the aorta or intercostal arteries, entering the lung at the hilum, branching at the mainstem bronchus to supply the lower trachea, extrapulmonary airways, and supporting structures; this fraction of the bronchial vasculature drains into the right heart via systemic veins. Why there are two bronchialRead More →