The Big Apple:

An etymological dictionary

Investigating the origins of American words, names, quotations and phrases. Over 41,000 entries.

“Biscotti are just tea croutons”

Biscotti have been compared to croutons. "Biscotti is the crouton of dessert" was posted on Twitter by Jobe Rodgers on September 7, 2009. "Biscotti... The dessert crouton" was…