Italian cuisine has a deceptive virtue: it seems easy to understand. Pasta, tomato, cheese, rice, a few familiar sauces and the impression of being in familiar territory. But it is enough to open an ...

A new book exploring the origins of common food terms — from bialy to lima bean to bibimbap — is a fascinating history of how we eat and cook. By Kim Severson Used judiciously, the snappy tidbits of ...

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Have you ever stumbled over the name of a favorite dish, drink or ingredient? You're not alone! Many foods and drinks have names that can trip up even the most confident speakers, and some of these ...

Lovers of avocado toast can rejoice. The word "avo" -- for avocado -- is now listed at merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster recently announced it has added more than 840 new words to its online ...

Every three months, The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words to its language arsenal, indicating their increasingly common usage among Americans, such as “jeggings,” “bromance,” and “muggle.” And ...