New York by Night: Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village - or just “the village” - really comes to life at night. Pubs, bars, night-life and trendy shops seem to never close.
March 30, 2004
Random post from the past:
Drying Chilies
Hot and spicy: chilis drying in the streets of Tozeur. I was wondering about the name of this spice. At first glance, it looks as though it was derived from the country Chile, especially, as variant (but correct) spellings are chili, chile and chiley (Pl. chilies, chiles, chileys, chil·lies). Dictionary.com however states that the Spanish word "chile" was derived from Nahuatl "chilli". Nahuatl is the Aztec language - so this would point towards Mexico rather than Chile. I found quite an interesting page on Chili peppers at an MSN group. By the way, the sight of drying Chili peppers is nothing new to ...