Kitchen

[PunkinEater]

The Palermo's bakery vendor ... anyone who pronounces mascarpone as "mar-sca-pony" and really strong Italian coffee as "ex-presso" instead of espresso, is not very authentic, at least not to my very Italian-American ears.  And the very lovely lady who is now pulling apart an apple strudel and calling it a traditional Italian dessert?  Not so much LOL. 

[gmkb]

I did not notice her pronunciations but I did notice her last name is Welch.

[KYToby]

I doubt the host or the vendor were native speakers, so as such, they use common American pronunciations.  Like it or not, many people pronounce these works incorrectly, so cut them so slack.

As far as the authenticituy, while I am sure you are knowledgeable in regards to some aspects of Italian food, I seriously doubt you are an authority on the subject or are familiar with all foods fro the country.  In fact, many Italian-Americnas' ideas of Italian food is way off-base as recipes, customs, and tastes changed after people immigrated to this country, so again, cut them some slack unless you truly are an authority on this cuisine.

[QVCkitty1]

If you are going to sell a product, have enough respect for it and your audience and use the correct pronunciation. It shows you have done your homework.

[hopi]

The lady who sells Prindables used to be a QVC host before they let her go.

She has probably never made a taffy apple in her life.

[Sooner]

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

If you are going to sell a product, have enough respect for it and your audience and use the correct pronunciation. It shows you have done your homework.

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Yes!  Both words mentioned above are obnoxious to my Okie ears when pronounced wrong by someone who ought to know better!  Says to me they are too lazy to find out about what they are trying to sell.  Certainly if I know better they should.  

[MalteseMomma]

I have bought this 2 yrs in a row and they are pretty god. I live near this bakery

[Graciea]

I was just telling a friend of mine that I had been watching and the vendor kept saying "espresso"

[Love my grandkids]

The term "expresso" is wildly wrong! The correct term is "espresso"! It grates on me when I hear someone who should know better do this!

[house_cat]

I was watching "Clash of the Grandma's" yesterday and everyone, including the "chef's" like Nancy Fuller, were talking about "brooshetta", rather than "broosketta".  I would think if you went to culinary school you'd know how to pronounce bruschetta.