Brain food
What’s a saveloy?
“Fending,” &c.
Roz Chast catalogs words for opening the refrigerator and having whatever for dinner.
A short paws
Chicken paws are, indeed, not feet.
Word of the day: coleslaw
From the Dutch.
Scene from an Eye-talian restaurant
The owners had thought of almost everything.
Soy what?
The Washington Post reports that the Food and Drug Administration will forbid the use of the word milk in the names of plant-based products.
Anti-Establishment
Striking back at the processed milkshake establishment.
Word of the day: zaatar
“In Middle Eastern cuisine: a condiment made from any of these herbs (esp. thyme) singly or in combination, with dried sumac, toasted sesame seeds and salt.”
Garner's Usage Tip of the Day: gyro
Bryan Garner looks at gyro , gyro , and gyros . Gyroses ? No such thing.
Saag and vindaloo
It finally occurred me to wonder what the words saag and vindaloo are all about.
The age of spinach
Baby, teen.
Food and the dictionary
“The adoption of ethnic food words into English is an excellent proxy for the moment our culture embraces these foreign foodstuffs as our own.”
“Locally Grown”
“All produce, wherever it’s grown, is grown locally. The real question is where it’s sold.”