Ladyfingers & nun's tummies: from spare ribs to humble pie-- : a lighthearted look at how foods got their names

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A study of how foods got their names, discussing edibles named for things they look like, the role of religious beliefs in the names of foods and beverages, food names that arose by mistake, those named for people or places, those that are named for what they do or what is done to them, and words that derive from other words about food and drink.

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