As you might have noticed, I've gived myself permission to be a little more me in here.

So that means I still write about food, beverage, and hospitality, but also curiosity, New York life, and whatever other rabbit hole I fell down in a given week. 

With everything happening in the world, I felt like this would be a good week for something lighter.

I need a dose of silly. Which got me thinking about some of the usage of the word itself. 

I subscribed to a word of the day-type email, and this one came up over the weekend.

Anserine. 

It’s completely new to me. It means: