Words to eat by : five foods and the culinary history of the English language / Ina Lipkowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipkowitz, Ina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Etymology.

English language.

English language--Terms and phrases.

Food--Terminology.

Food.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780312662189

0312662181

OCLC:

682894422