Buildings/Housing/Parks

Panhandle Hook (or Texas Hooker)

A "Panhandle Hook" (sometimes called a "Texas Hooker") is a low pressure system the originates in the Texas/Oklahoma panhandle, moves east, but then "hooks" to the…

Panic City

The term "panic city" refers to the demand for some immediate action to end a bad situation. "Panic city" has been cited in print since the 1970s. New York Mets general manager…

Panini (sandwich)

"Panini" (plural) or "panino" (singular") is Italian for "roll(s)." The sandwich included with that bread roll also began to be called a "panino" or…

Panko Chicken

"Tonkatsu" is a Japanese dish of deep-fried pork cutlets. The cutlets are coated with panko, a Japanese brand of flaky bread crumbs. Chicken cutlets -- instead of pork -- are often made,…

Pansy

The term "pansy" (an effeminate man) was popularized in the 1920s by New York City-born actor, comedian, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist Jimmy Durante (1893-1980). The Durante routine…

Panther City (Fort Worth nickname)

Why on earth would Fort Worth be called the "Panther City"? It all began when Dallas (a rival city) made fun of Fort Worth, about 1875, and stated that a panther was roaming the Fort…

Pantondo

Bond 45 (the new restaurant at the former Bond's clothing store on West 45th Street near Broadway) offers its trademark "pantondo." It's $22 for cheese bread, I guess.... 23…

Panuchos

Panuchos (corn tortillas with beans and meat) are more Mexican (Yucatan) than Tex-Mex, but they're slowing arriving the in the United States. President George Bush ate panuchos in a March 2007…