Title The diner's dictionary : word origins of food & drink / John Ayto

Edition Second edition Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Summary Seasoned generously with literary wit, The Diner's Dictionary is a veritable feast, tracing the origins and history of over 2,300 gastronomical words and phrases. John Ayto spreads across our table a veritable cornucopia, from common fruits and vegetables (apples, cherries, apricots, and broccoli, to name a few), to exotic foreign dishes such as gado-gado, nasi goreng, satay, and dashi, and even junk foods such as doughnuts, brownies, and candy. Thoroughly revised, the second edition boasts 1,000 new entries, including the word origins of affogato, bento, cava, goji berry, jalfrezi, mocktail, rugelach, vache qui rit, and zigni. In addition, Ayto has expanded the coverage of vocabulary from foreign cuisines, such as Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, and parts of South America. Throughout, Ayto provides fascinating capsule histories of the various foods. He tells us, for instance, that cantaloupe was introduced into Europe from Armenia and was apparently first cultivated at Cantaluppi, a former summer estate of the popes near Rome. We learn the ingredients of haggis and that the name of the Scandinavian drink "aquavit" ultimately derives from Latin aqua vitae or "water of life." From jambalaya and callaloo to arrowroot and shiitake, The Diner's Dictionary is a food-lover's dream, filled with information and fascinating lore.--publisher's description Notes "First edition published 1990 by Routledge as The Glutton's Glossary. Revised edition published 1993 by arrangement with Routledge as The Diner's Dictionary. First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1994. Reprinted with new covers and corrections and entitled An A-Z of Food and Drink, first published 2002"--Publishing information webpage Includes index Subject Beverages -- Dictionaries. Cooking -- Dictionaries. Food -- Dictionaries. Genre/Form Dictionaries. Dictionaries. Form Electronic book Author Ayto, John. A-Z of Food and Drink Ayto, John. Glutton's glossary. ISBN 0191744433 (online) 0199640246 (print) 9780191744433 (online) 9780199640249 (print)

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