Have you ever stumbled over the name of a favorite dish, drink or ingredient? You're not alone! Many foods and drinks have names that can trip up even the most confident speakers, and some of these ...

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A new book exploring the origins of common food terms — from bialy to lima bean to bibimbap — is a fascinating history of how we eat and cook. By Kim Severson Used judiciously, the snappy tidbits of ...

Hungry for a new challenge? There's a new word game in town and it's perfect for food lovers. Hot on the heels of the Wordle phenomenon, "Phoodle," a word game with only food-related words, has ...

Pronunciation is a funny thing, isn’t it? (It’s also a strangely difficult word to spell, by the way). Some words are inherently challenging, while others may be tricky due to particular quirks, ...

Words are full of pulchritude, and while using such a term to describe words as beautiful might seem a bit supercilious and sesquipedalian in this day and age, the truth is that the dictionary holds ...

I'm not an etymology buff. Though I love many aspects of language, word histories don't interest me much. The plots are too formulaic: Scrappy young word starts out on a trek that winds through ...

Food traditions have arrived in the United States from every corner of the globe, creating an incredible tapestry of flavors, techniques and dishes that make up the American dining scene. But with ...

This year's Sõnaus word-creation contest focused on finding new food-related terms, and the jury has selected the top entries. The public overwhelmingly chose "varulauk" (roughly: herbs bought as a ...

Pumpkin spice has officially arrived. As grocery shelves were filling with orange-hued packages bearing all sorts of products featuring the flavor, we wrote last week that the category had matured ...