Words to eat by five foods and the culinary history of the English language
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.
| Main Author: | Lipkowitz, Ina. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
291 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780312662189 0312662181 |
| Author Notes: |
INA LIPKOWITZ teaches English at MIT where she leads classes on fiction and the Bible. She lives in Winchester, Massachusetts. |