Name: Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at how Foods got Their Names (en Inglés)
Price: 17280.00 CLP
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Author: Martha Barnett
ISBN: 9780375702983

portada Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at how Foods got Their Names (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Vintage

Autor

Martha Barnett

Año

1998

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

0.55

ISBN13

9780375702983

Categorías

Historia social y cultural
Cocina: comidas y bebidas

Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at how Foods got Their Names (en Inglés)

Martha Barnett (Autor) · Vintage · Tapa Blanda

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"Everything in [this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought." --The New Yorker What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why is cherry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths. Here are foods named for the things they look like, from cabbage (from the Old North French caboche, "head") to vermicelli ("little worms"). You'll learn where people dine on nun's tummy and angel's breast. There are foods named after people (Graham crackers) and places (peaches), along with commonplace terms derived from words involving food and drink (dope, originally a Dutch word for "dipping sauce"). Witty, bawdy, and stuffed with stories, Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies is a feast of history, culture, and language."Why didn't anyone think of this before? . . . What fun Martha Barnette has made of it all, every name for every dish explained and traced and jollied." --William F. Buckley, Jr.