Mezzaluna Mezzaluna A mezzaluna (; ) is a knife consisting of one or more curved blade with a handle on each end, which is rocked back and forth chopping the ingredients below with each movement. They most commonly have a single blade, but are sometimes seen with two or three blades. It is typically used for mincing herbs or garlic, but it can be used for chopping other things such as cheese or meat. Very large single blade versions are sometimes used for pizza. Common uses in Italy include preparation of a soffritto or a pesto, etc. Mezzaluna means "half moon"
Mincing Lane specialises in international insurance and reinsurance, and can be visited by up to 4,000 brokers each day. Mincing Lane Mincing Lane is a short one-way street in the City of London linking Fenchurch Street to Great Tower Street. In the late 19th century it was the world's leading centre for tea and spice trading. Its name is a corruption of Mynchen Lane — so-called from the tenements held there by the Benedictine 'mynchens' or nuns of the nearby St Helen's Bishopsgate church (from "Minicen", Anglo-Saxon for a nun; "minchery", a nunnery). "A Dictionary of London" by Henry A. Harben (1918)