The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides for the popular election of each state's senators. Prior to the amendment (from 1913), the state legislatures chose United…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: GiardinieraGiardiniera is an Italian or Italian-American relish of pickled vegetables in vinegar or oil. Common vegetables in the Italian version, also called…
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is a saying with classical Roman roots, but was popularized in English in T. H. Bayly's 1835 poem, "Isle of Beauty." "Absinthe…
"Fat is flavor" or "fat equals flavor" (also with the English spelling "fat is flavour" or "fat equals flavour") is a popular food expression for cooking…
"Fatacular" (fat + spectacular) means something or someone who is gloriously, spectacularly in fat. The word could refer to a person or a type of food. Urban Dictionaryfatacular One that…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cardiac stress testA cardiac stress test is a medical test that indirectly reflects arterial blood flow to the heart during physical exercise. When compared to…
"Chump change" is a small and/or insignificant mount of money -- the money a "chump" makes, not a "champ." "Chump change" was printed in the Philadelphia…
"I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still," wrote The New Yorker contributor Calvin Trillin in his book, American Fried…
"The better the view, the worse the food" is a restaurant proverb that dates in print to at least 1991. If a restaurant is on top of a hotel and offers spectacular views of a city, or if…
"if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys" means that if you pay a small amount ("peanuts"), you don't get very good workers ("monkeys"). "Peanuts" has long…
Larry Wachtel (1930-2007) was the "Voice of Wall Street" on WINS news radio in New York City from 1972 to 2005. He signed off with his catchphrase, "gather those rosebuds."…
"Alphabet soup" is a noodle soup with alphabet-shaped noodles. The soup is cited in print since the 1880s and 1890s. The New Deal legislation of the 1930s resulted in many new government…
New York City mayors have long served cookies at Gracie Mansion (the mayor's official residence, where the mayor has an official chef). Mayor Ed Koch had a chef who baked various types of…
Entry in progress -- B.P. A Coney Island is a type of Greek restaurant popular in the Northern United States, particularly in Detroit, Michigan, as well as the name for the chili dog after which…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wiktionary: FlexitarianEtymologyBlend of flexible and vegetarian. Adjectiveflexitarian (comparative more flexitarian, superlative most flexitarian)1. (of a person) Being a…
"If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?" This play on words has been used since at least 1915, when the joke appeared in the Philadelphia (PA) Public Ledger. A…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Urban Dictionarychickentariana person who is a vegetarian, but eats chicken. chicken is the only meat they eat. She is a chickentarian. by jojomama Dec 28, 2008 21 April…
"Generation Greed" is a name frequently used by New York City blogger Larry Littlefield in his posts on Room Eight (a New York City political blog) and other websites. Several generations…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Epicurious.com" Food Dictionarychiffon[shih-FAHN]An airy, fluffy mixture, usually a filling for pie. The lightness is achieved with stiffly beaten egg whites and…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Black Bottom (dance)Black Bottom refers to a dance which became popular in the 1920s, during the period known as the Flapper era. The dance originated in New…