Editing Mozzarella (section)

==Etymology==
{{lang|it|Mozzarella}}, derived from the southern Italian dialects spoken in [[Apulia]], [[Calabria]], [[Campania]], [[Abruzzo]], [[Molise]], [[Basilicata]], [[Lazio]], and [[Marche]], is the diminutive form of {{lang|it|mozza}}, 'cut', or {{lang|it|mozzare}}, 'to cut off', derived from the method of working.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mozzarella |author= Staff |title= Mozzarella |work= Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online |access-date= 1 April 2012 |archive-date= 6 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111006191703/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mozzarella |url-status= live }}</ref> The term is first mentioned in 1570, cited in a cookbook by [[Bartolomeo Scappi]], reading "milk cream, fresh butter, ricotta cheese, fresh mozzarella and milk".<ref>{{cite news |first= David |last= Charter |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3643079.ece |title= Buffalo mozzarella in crisis after pollution fears at Italian farms |work= [[The Times]] |location= London |date= 29 March 2008 |access-date= 1 April 2008 |archive-date= 29 August 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080829150322/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3643079.ece |url-status= dead }}{{subscription required}}</ref> An earlier reference of Monsignor Alicandri is also often cited as describing mozzarella, which states that in the 12th century the Monastery of San Lorenzo, in [[Capua]], Campania, Alicandri offered pilgrims a piece of bread with {{lang|it|mozza}}.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Alicandri L.|title=Il Mazzone nell'antichità e nei tempi presenti|year=1915|page=88|language=Italian}}</ref>