So, those of you who attended any of my parties over the summer should surely recall my hosting technique of offering cans of Sunkist or Pepsi. I won't get into why I like Sunkist; but the Pepsi is because I genuinely like it better than Coca-Cola. I'll drink Coke if I don't have a choice, but I prefer the other taste. So, having said that, curse you, Coca-Cola, for your kudzian proliferation of Fanta throughout the civilized world.

Chinotto is the opposite of fennel. The one seems decent when it is first put in the mouth, only to then have a most bitter lasting aftertaste; the other vice versa. And, chinotto has ties to fascism.

Damn it, I'm in Europe, I want Orangina.
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Today’s word: Chinotto