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The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu

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 | #61041 in Books |  Dan Jurafsky |  2015-10-13 |  2015-10-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.20 x.70 x5.60l,.44 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||37 of 38 people found the following review helpful.| Enlightening and entertaining|By C. Ryan|Easily one of the most compelling books I've read in a long time: fascinating if you love food, language, or history. Jurafsky has a clear-eyed view of how cultures interact, not to mention serious linguistic expertise, and he's an entertaining writer. This makes for a great combination with broad appeal. (I can think of about a dozen| |“[Jurafsky's] brilliant achievement is to weave together the journey food makes through culture with the journey its name makes through language.” (Peter Sokolowski - New York Times Book )

“Writing with knowledge and wit, Dan Jura

A 2015 James Beard Award Finalist: "Eye-opening, insightful, and huge fun to read." ―Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork

Why do we eat toast for breakfast, and then toast to good health at dinner? What does the turkey we eat on Thanksgiving have to do with the country on the eastern Mediterranean? Can you figure out how much your dinner will cost by counting the words on the menu?

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You easily download any file type for your device.The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu   |  Dan Jurafsky. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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