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"Sprezzatura", the art of being nonchalant

I recently came across a phrase in a recipe introduction in the Wall Street Journal that made me have to grab a dictionary. The writer describes what sounds like my ideal start to a dinner party menu: “It begins with good bread, tasty things in tins and a dash of what the Italians call sprezzatura.”

I’m all for the first two things (I mean, tinned fish, …

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Artie Phelan

Update: 2024-05-30