Cover of Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing: Food Names and the People and Places That Inspired Them

Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing: Food Names and the People and Places That Inspired Them

Hungry for a little culinary trivia?We all know that the sandwich and eggs Benedict are named after people and that Dover sole and Irish stew are named after places. But how about the Granny Smith apple or the Bing cherry, the Bermuda onion or Anaheim chile?

Read more

In "Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing," you'll find bite-sized entertaining histories of how certain foods and beverages came to be named after people or places-complemented by more than forty-five scrumptious pull-out recipes. This fun and informative reference "menu" is perfect for foodies and language lovers alike. Bon appetit!

Audience
adult
Length
short · 168 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing: Food Names and the People and Places That Inspired Them? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Chicken a la King & the Buffalo Wing: Food Names and the People and Places That Inspired Them. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Best Food Writing 2006 Shares food, food writing, nonfiction
  2. Best Food Writing 2011 Shares food, food writing, nonfiction
  3. Best Food Writing 2010 Shares food, food writing, nonfiction
  4. Serve It Forth Shares food, food writing, nonfiction

“If you want more of the same (cooking about food), start with these.”

  1. Garlic, an Edible Biography: How the World's Most Pungent Food Changed the Course of History, Medicine, and Cuisine--with 75 Recipes
  2. Bacon: A Love Story: A Salty Survey of Everybody's Favorite Meat
  3. A Little Dinner Before the Play
  4. Chef At War

“If it was the food that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure
  2. Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World's Most Seductive Spice
  3. Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert
  4. Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food
  2. Beat This! Cookbook
  3. Words to Eat By: Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language
  4. Bon Appetit, Y'all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking