Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
Author: Mark Morton
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.
author of The Rituals of Dinner - Margaret Visser
An erudite and imaginative look at food-related words - useful on the shelf of anyone for whom food resonates.
author of Anguished English and The Superior Person's Book of Words. - Richard Lederer
Cupboard Love offers a banquet of food for thought. Mark Morton's delicious 'eat-ymologies' show that everyday we say a mouthful and truly eat our words.
Senior Editor at The Atlantic and author of The Pleasures of Slow Food - Corby Kummer
Cupboard Love is one of those books I turn to for automatic reference.
Current Reviews for Academic Libraries - Choice
Cupboard Love is thoroughly-researched, well-presented, fascinating, and a wonderful addition to reference collections, especially for libraries supporting interest in culinary arts or etymology.
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Book of the Potato
Author: Applewood Books
This 1910 work is comprehensive resource for the growing and cooking of potatoes.
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