Speaking of passatutto for the tomato, whaddabout ballet? Isn't there some baletic term like: "passez pieds" below the tutu?

With mezzalunas and passatuttos (whatever the plural is), an Italian kitchen automatically sounds more interesting than one with knives and presses...

But for herbs and spices, we do have mortars and pestles. Pestle is a great word to say: pestle, pestle, pestle. I feel better already. Sorry for pestling you!

Dub