Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food

Charlotte Foltz Jones

ISBN 10: 0385325789 / ISBN 13: 9780385325783

Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2000

About this Item

Some wear and marking to edges. Illustrated by Jon O'Brien. Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 18101801

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385325789
• ISBN 13: 9780385325783
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: O'Brien, John
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • Food

About this title

Synopsis

Baked Alaska, melba toast, hush puppies, and coconuts. You'd be surprised at how these food names came to be. And have you ever wondered why we use the expression "selling like hotcakes"? Or how about "spill the beans"? There are many fascinating and funny stories about the language of food--and the food hidden in our language! Charlotte Foltz Jones has compiled a feast of her favorite anecdotes, and John O'Brien's delightfully pun-filled drawings provide the dessert. Bon appetit!

About the Author

Charlotte Foltz Jones is the author of Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, and Fingerprints and Talking Bones.

John O'Brien is well known for his New Yorker cartoons as well as his numerous children's book credits, including Mistakes That Worked, Accidents May Happen, and Mother Hubbard's Christmas.