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The language of food: a linguist reads the menu
2014, W.W. Norton & Company
in English
- First edition.
0393240835 9780393240832
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Table of Contents
How to read a menu
Entrée
From sikbāj to fish and chips
Ketchup, cocktails, and pirates
A toast to toast
Who are you calling a turkey?
Sex, drugs, and sushi rolls
Potato chips and the nature of the self
Salad, salsa, and the flour of chivalry
Macaroon, macaron, macaroni
Sherbet, fireworks, and mint juleps
Does this name make me sound fat? : why ice cream and crackers have different names
Why the Chinese don't have dessert.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and index.
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