created from tiny fragments of broken ceramic tiles, roof tiles or crockery. The technique is also known as “pique assiette”, in French. The Catalan architects Antoni GaudÍ and Josep MarÍa Pujol used “trencadÍs” in many of their designs, the most famous probably being ...
vein(n.) c. 1300, from Old Frenchveine"vein, artery, pulse" (12c.), from Latinvena"a blood vessel," also "a water course, a vein of metal, a person's natural ability or interest," of unknown origin. The mining sense is attested in English from late 14c. (Greekphleps"vein" had...
Natal to the Eastern and southern Cape provinces. The genus Crassula was a Linnaean name first used in 1753 and comes from the Latin word 'crassus' meaning "thick" that refers to the thick plump leaves of many of the genus. The specific...
Though Champagne receives most of the attention as France’s shining, or rather, sparkling star, crémant should not be overlooked. French crémants can be made throughout many of the country’s wine regions, though the most well-known examples come from the Loire Valley, Alsace and Burgundy,...