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Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities (Paperback)
by Mark Morton (Author)
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Nominated in 1997 for a Julia Child Award, "Cupboard Love" is back, bigger and better than ever. In this updated and expanded edition, Mark Morton lays out a sumptuous feast of more than a thousand culinary word-histories. From everyday foods to exotic dishes, from the herbs and spices of medieval England to the cooking implements of the modern kitchen, "Cupboard Love" explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar gastronomic terms. Who knew that the word pomegranate is related to the word grenade? That baguette is a cousin of bacteria? That souffle comes from the same root as flatulence? Who knew that vermicelli is Italian for little worms, that avocado comes from an Aztec word meaning testicle, or that catillation denotes the unseemly licking of plates? Lighthearted and thoroughly researched, packed with linguistic lore and cultural trivia, the book blends the edible and the etymological into a delectable piece de resistance.

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An entertaining history of food words and culinary terms
Cupboard Love was nominated for the 1996 Julia Child book award in the food reference category.

Corby Kummer, a senior editor at the Atlantic Monthly, says about Cupboard Love, "Morton lays out the histories of hundreds of food-related terms as deftly and completely as any casual reader could wish.... one of those books I turn to for automatic reference."

Margaret Visser, author of the best-selling Much Depends on Dinner, calls Cupboard Love "erudite and imaginative."

Richard Lederer, best-selling author of numerous books about language, says "Cupboard Love offers a banquet of food for thought. Mark Morton's delicious eat-ymologies show that everyday we say a mouthful a truly eat our words."

Hugh Rawson, author of Devious Derivations and Director of Penguin Reference books, says that Cupboard Love is "erudite and entertaining -- a delectable feast for all verbivores." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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