Two Reasons Why I am Interested in What King Kalakaua of Hawaii Ate
You might well ask why, apart from nostalgia for the ten years that I spent in the Hawaiian Islands, I might be interested in the eating habits of David Kalakaua,…
Read moreCuisine and Language 7. Loan Words, Loan Ingredients
Linguists use the term loan words for terms borrowed from another language. Would this help clarify the discussion of what are popularly called “fusion cuisines?” The more I think about…
Read moreCuisine and Language 6. Death, Change, Birth
Rolling right along with the series on what culinary historians might learn from linguists, see the background at the end of this post. Languages die out. The world is littered…
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