Cupboard Love

<p><strong><em>A whimsical side-splitting erudite and sometimes cheeky book. - The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>From everyday foods to exotic dishes from the herbs and spices of medieval England to the cooking implements of the modern kitchen <em>Cupboard Love</em> is a sumptuous feast that explores the fascinating stories behind familiar and not-so-familiar gastronomic terms.</p><p>Who knew that the word pomegranate is related to the word grenade? That baguette is a cousin of bacteria? That soufflé comes from the same root as flatulence? Who knew that vermicelli is Italian for little worms that avocado comes from an Aztec word meaning testicle or that catillation denotes the unseemly licking of plates?</p><p>Originally published in 1996 and revised and expanded in 2004 and now available again for the first time in two decades in this new edition <em>Cupboard Love</em> was one of three books nominated for a 1996 Julia Child Cookbook Award in the Food Reference/Technical Category (Calphalon Award) and was included in <em>The Globe and Mail</em>'s list of required reading notable books for 1997.</p><p>Addictively readable it takes us on a journey across cultures and history to arrive at the explanations behind some of our favorite culinary words and phrases answering along the way those questions we've always had about food but were afraid to ask the cook.</p><p></p>