Nevertheless, he studied design through books, travel, and observation. Thomas Jefferson has been called not only Monticello's gentleman farmer, but he was also a gentleman architect, a common practice of the well-to-do before architecture became a licensed profession.
'Panini' is the Americanized version of the Italian word panino, which means little sandwich and refers to a class of sandwiches that became popular in the United States in the late 1990s. Flavor is the key to panini, which are based on high-quality Italian artisan breads like focaccia or ciabatta.
In Italian the word panino [pa'ni:no] is the diminutive form of pane (bread) and refers to a bread roll. Panino imbottito (stuffed panino) refers to a sandwich, but the word panino is also often used alone to refer to a sandwich in general.