With casserole we casually refer to the food and the dish with same name. The food takes the name … More
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cook and pumpkin
To cook is ultimately about the act of ripening food. The Latin source coquere meant to prepare food, ripen, digest, even … More
cheese and dough
The French cheese is fromage and the Italian, formaggio. Both come from Latin forma to shape or mold. It also … More
custard and croutons
The crust the best part of custards like creme brûlée. Latin crusta for rind or shell gives us both words. Early French … More
egg and aubergine
The root of our egg is, well, a chicken or at least a bird. The Indo-European was oyyo and gives … More
things that swell
tuber tomato belly thigh breast brisket poppy calf pudding pine fat pupusa
Nahuatl language
It’s fantastic to discover that tomatoes, chili, avocado, chocolate and cocoa all come from a language you’ve never heard of. … More
potato and banana
The potato from Peru was one of the most important foods the Europeans brought back from their early Europe adventures. It … More
how it began
Well, it probably began at a café. Looking at the menu behind the counter, there were all these foreign words … More
Tupi words
Tupi is family of languages that native to Brazil. We get a couple of food words in English, mostly through the … More
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