商品簡介
artha Barnette casts hundreds of words into etymological history and reels in the whimsical tales of how foods have been named. Every food has a story to tell, whether it's graham crackers or the common leaf of lettuce, whose name contains its surprising origin. 10 illustrations.
作者簡介
Martha Barnette, the author of A Garden of Words, did graduate work in classical languages at the University of Kentucky.??A former reporter for The Washington Post, she is now a contributing editor at Allure.??She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.