Shakespeare in Gdansk
The bard is always up to date and even has a web site and a festival in Poland:
August 17, 2009
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 ...