Eat your words
Subtitle: a fascinating look at the language of food
By: Charlotte Foltz Jones ; illustrated by John O'Brien.
Contributors: O'Brien, John, 1953- ill.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Food -- Terminology -- Juvenile literature.; Gastronomy -- Terminology -- Juvenile literature.; English language -- Terms and phrases -- Juvenile literature.; Figures of speech -- Juvenile literature.; Food -- Terminology.; English language -- Terms and phrases.
Description: Discusses the history and meaning of all kinds of food-related words and phrases and describes customs and beliefs about various foods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85) and index.
On t.p. "eat your words" appears as different types of foods.