TY - BOOK AU - Jurafsky,Dan TI - The language of food: a linguist reads the menu SN - 0393240835 AV - TX353 .J78 2014 U1 - 641.32009 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Food KW - History KW - Terms and phrases KW - Food habits KW - English language KW - Etymology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -