Product Description: Language and food are universal to humankind. Language accomplishes more than a pure exchange of information, and food caters for more than mere subsistence. Both represent crucial sites for socialization, identity construction, and the everyday fabrication and perception of the world as a meaningful, orderly place...read more

Product Description: English food words tell a remarkable story about the evolution of our language and culinary history, revealing a collision of cultures from the time Caesar first arrived on British shores to the present day. Words to Eat By explores the stories behind five of our most basic food words, words which reveal our powerful associations with certain foods...read more

Product Description: Throughout history, the English language has reflected social changes, trade routes, and waves of fashion. This book examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has reflected the ways speakers of the language have interacted with their tastes, their environment and other cultures...read more

Product Description: Discourses of eating and drinking are situated at the crossroads of everyday language, advertising and special language discourse, media (internet, TV, opera, etc.) and literature. Dish names mirror contacts of cultures, but they also act as an advertising vehicle in menus...read more

Product Description: Hungry for a little culinary trivia?We all know that the sandwich and eggs Benedict are named after people and that Dover sole and Irish stew are named after places. But how about the Granny Smith apple or the Bing cherry, the Bermuda onion or Anaheim chile?In Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing, you'll find bite-sized entertaining histories of how certain foods and beverages came to be named after people or places–complemented by more than forty-five scrumptious pull-out recipes...read more

Product Description: This work lists comprehensively over 20,000 terms commonly used in food science with their Chinese equivalents. It is a useful and valuable reference, especially when biotechnology, environmental protection, organic and natural food nutrition, etc...read more

Latin text and illustrations teach basic terms associated with family members, then uses them in sentences. Includes translation, pronunciation guide, and glossary.

Encompassing many different languages and historical periods, a vastly entertaining look at the etymological history behind the names of foods considers foods named for places, people, things, legends, and the body's private parts. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

The author of A Garden of Words presents a whimsical giftbook tracing the history behind the names of foods, including foods named for what they resemble and foods associated with the supernatural. 15,000 first printing.

Discusses the origins and meanings of culinary terms, food-related words used metaphorically, the symbolism of food language, and related words

Features 230 contemporary and traditional recipes from Germany's best young chefs and home cooks, including those for Hessian Paprika-Beef Stew, Frisian Pear and Bacon Dumplings, Potatoes with Rosemary, and Cherry Tortes.

Product Description: Convenient resource providing handy lists of culinary and nutritional terms, including names of dishes from many cuisines, names of ingredients, sauces, seasonings and other words used frequently in menu writing.