Heather Broster
Imagine biting into a scrumptious-looking ciambella (doughnut), only to discover that something about it isn’t quite right. Maybe it’s uneven, maybe it’s collapsed, or maybe, just maybe, it’s missing that all-important buco (hole) in the middle! (Can a doughnut really be called a doughnut if it’s missing the hole?!) This situation perfectly captures both the …
Put together some basilico (basil), pinoli (pine nuts), fresh parmigiano and aglio (garlic), along with some olio d’oliva (olive oil), succo di limone (lemon juice), and sale (salt), and what do you get? One of the most delicious sauces on the planet: pesto! pesto pesto sauce / black and blue Pesto is also widely known …
Some words in Italian you will hear multiple times during the course of the day, and dopo is one of them. What’s more, it can function, not only as an adverb, but also as a preposition, conjunction, adjective and noun – talk about flexible! dopo after / later / next 1. DOPO as an adverb …
Have you ever created, designed or written something that you were extremely proud of because you did it all by yourself? If so, today’s Italian idiom is for you! essere farina del proprio sacco to be one’s own work Essere farina del proprio sacco is a frequently used Italian idiomatic expression that describes something entirely …
The Italian adjective molle is used to describe things that yield to touch or pressure. In English, we might use descriptors such as soft, flabby or damp depending on the object being described, but in Italian, molle neatly covers all these translations. molle soft / flabby / damp In Italian, adjectives always agree with the …
If you’ve ever tried to describe someone as beautiful in English, you might opt for phrases like natural beauty or fresh-faced. But in Italian, they take a much more literal – and, dare I say, charming – approach. Enter the idiomatic expression acqua e sapone, which translates as water and soap. Yes, you read that …