Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases
Food is a favorite topic of conversation around the world—how to create it, how to season it, how to compliment it with other foods, how to serve it...the list goes on. Yet little attention is paid to where the names of food actually come from or why so many phrases we use daily involve food, whether or not they actually relate to the kitchen. Bring some history to the table with this delightful phrasebook!
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Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases
Food is a favorite topic of conversation around the world—how to create it, how to season it, how to compliment it with other foods, how to serve it...the list goes on. Yet little attention is paid to where the names of food actually come from or why so many phrases we use daily involve food, whether or not they actually relate to the kitchen. Bring some history to the table with this delightful phrasebook!
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Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases

Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases

by Robert Hendrickson
Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases

Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of Culinary Words and Phrases

by Robert Hendrickson

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Overview

Food is a favorite topic of conversation around the world—how to create it, how to season it, how to compliment it with other foods, how to serve it...the list goes on. Yet little attention is paid to where the names of food actually come from or why so many phrases we use daily involve food, whether or not they actually relate to the kitchen. Bring some history to the table with this delightful phrasebook!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781628739107
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 02/11/2014
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Robert Hendrickson is the author of more than twenty-five books including American Literary Anecdotes and God Bless America: The Origins of Over 1,500 Patriotic Words and Phrases. He has a deep-rooted love for the English language. He lives in Peconic, New York.
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