Words to Eat By

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 11, 2011

Ina Lipkowitz explains how English food words tell a remarkable story about the evolution of our language and culinary history. Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language explores the stories behind five of our most basic food words, and shows the role of French and Italian names in the English culinary vocabulary as well as the Old English origins of many common food words like meat, bread, apple, and milk.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

Polls open for primary Election Day. Stakes are high for several NY Congressional races.

Voters will decide nominations in an unusually competitive slate of congressional races with big implications for the future of the Democratic Party.
Gothamist |

New York Primary Day Informal, Unofficial, Thoroughly Unscientific Exit Polls

Brigid Bergin talks about voter turnout in the competitive congressional races in New York's primary.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

Hillary Clinton on How Donald Trump Lost the Iran War

The former Secretary of State says that Benjamin Netanyahu and others tried to get her on board with an Iran attack. It was Trump who finally took the bait.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

A Guide to Summer Movies

All Of It with Alison Stewart |
YOU ARE ONLINE