Words to eat by : five foods and the culinary history of the English language / Ina Lipkowitz.
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Five foods and the culinary history of the English language. |
| Format: | Book |
| 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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| Call Number: | PE1574 .L57 2011 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780312662189 0312662181 |