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Words to eat by, five foods and the culinary history of the English language, Ina Lipkowitz

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Words to eat by, five foods and the culinary history of the English language, Ina Lipkowitz

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Words to eat by

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

682894422

Responsibility statement

Ina Lipkowitz

Sub title

five foods and the culinary history of the English language

Summary

Using sources that range from Roman histories to Julia Child's recipes, Ina Lipkowitz shows how saturated with French and Italian names the English culinary vocabulary is. But the words for our most basic foodstuffs--bread, milk, leek, meat, and apple--are still rooted in Old English

Table Of Contents

Pig-pickin's, prunes, and Häagen-Dazs : "What's in a name" -- Fruit and apples : "Dare to say what you call apple" -- Leeks : weeds or vegetables? : "If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em" -- Milk and dairy : "Stone Age Brits got milk" -- Meat : "Forty pounds of meat -- or no less than sixty" -- Bread : "Give us this day our daily bread" -- The return of the native, pr, "Who killed Gourmet magazine?" -- Notable events in the history of English food words

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