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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Tschann, Judith, author.     Subjects     Food -- Terminology.     Gastronomy -- Terminology.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tschann, Judith, author.       by title:      Romaine wasn't built...         MARC Display

Romaine wasn't built in a day : the delightful history of food language / Judith Tschann ; illustrations by Peter Tschann-Grimm. by Tschann, Judith, author. New York : Voracious, Little, Brown and Company, 2023. Subjects Food -- Terminology.   Gastronomy -- Terminology. ISBN:  9780316389372 (hardcover) 0316389374 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Breakfast: word origins of our morning fare -- Midmorning java break: food origins of computer jargon -- Lunch: foods names after people, places, and body parts -- Happy hour: word origins of alcohol, cocktails, and liquor vessels -- Dinner: word origins of veggies, meats, nuts, and sweets -- Nightcaps: evening drinks and end-of-the-day thoughts about food language -- Appendix: languages from which English has borrowed food words. Requests:  1 Summary:  "Food and words--we rely on both to sustain our daily lives. We begin each morning hungry for nourishment and conversation, and our happiest moments and fondest memories are often filled with ample servings of both. Food historian Judith Tschann celebrates this glorious intersection of linguistic and culinary affinities with Romaine Wasn't Build in a Day, a decadent romp through the history of food words"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.30014 Ts Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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