In the beginning everybody probably just had one kind of bread. You took you local grain and made it into…
pesto and pizza
The gesture of how you make food sometimes becomes their name. To make pesto you begin by crushing pine nuts and…
cauliflower and cabbage
Cauliflower and kale look nothing alike, not in stature nor disposition. But these the two plants are both part of…
tuna and anchovy
Fish names comes from a bunch of places. Some like salmon or tuna were tagged with their swimming style. The salmon…
chocolate and cocoa
It was not the Swiss or Belgians but the Mexicans who gave us chocolate. When the Aztecs made chocolate it was a…
pepper to peppers
Pepper was once insanely precious space, now it’s just ubiquitous found on the counter of any diner. The Italians had…
celery and parsley
Celery and parsley have an odd history. The Greek’s called parsley, selinon, and that continued through Latin into Italian where…
menu: American fast food
Look at the menu of an fast food stand. You don’t have to squint too hard to see most of…
matcha chai tea latte
Next time people order this green frothy drink, “matcha chai tea latte, please” smile knowing they’re staying tea, three times…
bacon and belly
Most pig parts are named directly from it’s anatomy. The back meat of the pig was called just that, bacon.…
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