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Can pallets and palettes be discerning?
The Web site for the award-winning alternative weekly, the Philadelphia City Paper.
Can pallets and palettes be discerning?
Filed Under: Ill-Advised Ranting
Consider this my first "Ill-Advised Ranting" post.
Dear food-related business owners, publicists and writers,
Please stop emailing me event promotions that repeatedly mangle and misuse the marketing "snob appeal" of a refined palate:
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Homophones, those sneaky little buggers!� "Pallet" misused in food writing is the most frequent offender, with an artist's painting tool right behind and only slightly less galling.
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You have received your warning.� SpellCheck is not all things to all copy.� Everyone has a friend with an otherwise-underutilized English degree. Or check out this nifty list.
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