Via Mizner today exactly as Addison Mizner envisioned it to be. Via Mizner The Via Mizner is a historic site in Palm Beach, Florida. It is located at 337–339 Worth Avenue. On April 1, 1993, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. A “via” is derived from the Latin word meaning “way” or “path” and is defined by the World English Dictionary as a “way, road, channel, course of uncertain origin.” Via Mizner meanders approximately and connects Palm Beach's premier shopping street, Worth Avenue, to Peruvian Avenue, one city block to the north. The Via was created by
Escargot English of the French word "escargot" to mean "edible snail" dates from 1892. The French word (1549) derives from "escaragol" (Provençal) and thence "escargol" (Old French), and is ultimately – via Vulgar Latin "coculium" and Classical Latin "conchylium" – from the Ancient Greek "konchylion (κογχύλιον)", which meant "edible shellfish, oyster". The "Online Etymological Dictionary" writes, "The form of the word in Provençal and French seems to have been influenced by words related to "scarab"." Not all species of land snail are edible, and many are too small to make it worthwhile to prepare and cook them. Even among the edible