“Certain things should never be taken for granted, among them your spouse, your mother, the United States Constitution, and the precise meaning of words that are at the heart of your profession,” Natalie Angier writes at the beginning of her...
How does a country foster solidarity during a recession? With food. You may remember the post from a few months ago that explored the etymology of companion — from the Latin for breaking bread together. Well, every culture has distinct...
September 30th — the feast-day of St. Jerome, patron saint of translators, was originally instituted as Translation Day by UNESCO upon the request of the International Federation of Translators (FIT) twenty years ago. Every year, FIT suggests a theme for...
When a blurb about Cooking from the Heart: the Hmong Kitchen in America popped up in my Google Reader, I was instantly intrigued because it claims to be the first American cookbook detailing Hmong recipes. How is it possible that...
Following up with our look at the origins of words related to food and spirits, here is a brief history of the language of beer: One of the world’s oldest and certainly most well-loved beverages has a history that dates...
In honor of Bastille Day, I’ve decided to dally a bit in the history of one of my favorite French exports: French bread. Just a refresher, Bastille Day is a French national holiday celebrated every July 14 (quatorze juillet) to...
Here in America it seems like food trends come and go every twenty minutes or so. Is meat in or out? Do we like bread or bacon? Acai berries, or lemon juice and cayenne pepper cleanses? It seems futile to...
______ This aerial photograph of a farm near Verona in Northern Italy depicts artist Dario Gambarin’s most recent project. The portrait, accompanied by the words, “The Hope is in the Land”, covers an area of 27,000 square meters and was...
Here is a little something to get the weekend started: a brief walk through the language of wine. The original nectar of the gods has a history – and therefore an etymology – that dates back to our ancient forbearers....
In his recent NY Times Op-Ed on Dignity, David Brooks stated that “the old dignity code has not survived modern life.” Brooks lists three examples of the absence of dignity in recent events: Mark Sanford’s press conference, reaction to Michael...
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