A canapé (French: [kanape]) is a type of hors d’oeuvre, a small, prepared, and often decorative food, consisting of a small piece of bread (sometimes toasted), puff pastry, or a cracker wrapped around or topped with some savoury food, held in the fingers and often eaten in one bite.

1a : a cloth covering suspended over a bed. b : a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object : baldachin A canopy hung over the altar. c : a protective covering: such as. (1) : the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest.

: a delicatessen specializing in dressed meats and meat dishes also : the products sold in such a shop.

Charcuterie is a mixture of cured meats which highlight forms of preservation or flavor enhancement. Ideally, flavors are contrasted or paired to magnify enjoyment, a combination of texture and color are also used. It offers variety and is visually appealing when displayed on a platter.

The correct French pronunciation of charcuterie is “shar-coo-tree.”

Here are 20 of the most commonly mispronounced words in English, and how to say them right.

• 1 Pronunciation. Ironically, many people mispronounce this word!
• 2 Cupboard.
• 3 Epitome.
• 4 Salmon/almond.
• 5 Library/February.
• 6 Definitely.
• 7 Ask.
• 8 Wednesday.

Eating healthy should still be delicious. Compared side-by-side, prosciutto is a definite healthier option. Lower in calories and fat than bacon, in moderation it makes for a flavorful ingredient option.

Prosciutto is sweet, delicate ham intended to be eaten raw. The word ‘prosciutto’ is the Italian for ham, but is widely used to describe seasoned, cured, air-dried ham. ‘Prosciutto cotto’ is cooked and ‘prosciutto crudo’ is raw (although safe and ready to eat thanks to the curing process).

Mozzarella (English: /ˌmɒtsəˈrɛlə/, Italian: [mottsaˈrɛlla]; Neapolitan: muzzarella [muttsaˈrɛllə]) is a traditionally southern Italian cheese made from Italian buffalo’s milk by the pasta filata method.

1. Mozzarella is pronounced *gasp* “mots-a-rella”, not “mots-a-rel.” There’s literally an “A” at the end y’all.

How to Pronounce Vowels

1. A—sounds like a in father.
2. E—has two sounds: short vowel like e in pen; long vowel, similar to ai in fair.
3. I—sounds like ea in tea or i in marine.
4. O—has two sounds: like o in cozy or similar to o in cost.
5. U—sounds like u in rude.

100 Most Common List of Italian Words

If followed by ‘e’ or ‘i’, the double ‘cc’ is pronounced as English ‘ch’ except when followed by an ‘h’, for example in the word “pistacchio,” in which case it becomes hard like the English ‘k,’ “pee-sta(r)k ke(y) o(ff).”