Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their...

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Martha Barnett

Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies

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From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names

Martha Barnett

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Vintage Books
15 December 1998

General cookery & recipes

""Everything in

this book

is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought."" --The New Yorker

What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why ischerry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths.

Here are foods named for the things they look like, from cabbage (from the Old North French caboche, ""head"") to vermicelli (""little worms""). You'll learn where people dine on nun's tummy and angel's breast. There are foods named after people (Graham crackers) and places (peaches), along with commonplace terms derived from words involving food and drink (dope, originally a Dutch word for ""dipping sauce""). Witty, bawdy, and stuffed with stories, Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies is a feast of history, culture, and language.

""Why didn't anyone think of this before? . . . What fun Martha Barnette has made of it all, every name for every dish explained and traced and jollied."" --William F. Buckley, Jr.

By: Martha Barnett
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Vintage Books ed
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780375702983
ISBN 10: 0375702989
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 December 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martha Barnette, the author of A Garden of Words, did graduate work in classical languages at the University of Kentucky.A former reporter for The Washington Post, she is now a contributing editor at Allure.She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.