The glutton's glossary
Subtitle: a dictionary of food and drink terms
By: John Ayto.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Cookery -- Dictionaries; Food -- Dictionaries
Description: This is a dictionary of English gastronomic vocabulary. It traces the history of food and drink terms - where they came from, when they entered the language - and combines this with the story of how the foodstuffs and dishes themselves have evolved over the centuries.