Daily Archives: May 9, 2012

Pazzo for Pesto

I first met pesto some years ago back home in the Italian culinary hotspot of the San Francisco Bay Area mid-Peninsula region. Movie nights with the family would see me inhaling the garlicky green sauce slicked across our local pizzeria’s … Continue reading

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Word of the Day: Rincoglionito

Today’s word of the day, rincoglionito, means an imbecile. It comes from the Italian verb, rincoglionire, which means to become stupid, be incoherent, or to lose capacity to use your brain. Not that calling someone an imbecile is ever particularly … Continue reading

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