Barbara's Random Thoughts

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Things I Learned

...not from travelling in Italy, but from reading Bella Tuscany:

-“Macchiato” literally means espresso “stained” with milk.
-Bow-tie pasta is called farfalle in Italian. This I knew. What I didn’t know: farfalle means butterfly. I like that so much better than bow-tie.

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| posted by Barbara | 7:06 PM