Publisher's Synopsis
Bon Appétit Stanford University's most popular general education course! From ice cream to ketchup, from Europe to Asia, explore the relationship between food, language and culture across geographic boundaries. A must-read linguist's menu global history for food lovers. Shao Tang, professor of linguistics and director of the MacArthur Prize, leads readers to explore the global cultural history hidden in food. With three more letters for each meal description, you will have to pay 54 cents more for roast chicken or pasta! The author studied nearly 6,500 menus and found that when the restaurant uses longer words to describe the meal, the price of the dish is relatively high
