Bringing Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak
by Castle Books
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0785816119
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816119
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Edision, New Jersey: Castle, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First published in Great Britain in 2000. Hard cover in very good condition with light blue boards and dark blue spine lettering. Front & back bottom corners slightly bumped, Interior text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings. Dust jacket very good; no price on front flap. A compact 5 1/4"" wide x 8"" tall in size. 191 numbered pages. From the front jacket flap, ""The English language is peppered with words and phrases, idioms and expressions that owe their origins to the kitchen, the bakery, the cellar, the larder, and everywhere else that food and drink is prepared and enjoyed. This collection of food-centric expressions takes readers on a fascinating journey that explores the origins and meanings of these phrases."" Phrases such as ""apple pie order,"" ""pie in the sky,"" like a fish out of water,"" ""in a pickle,"" ""in a jam,""...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000213
- Title
- Bringing Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak
- Author
- Castle Books
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0785816119
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816119
- Publisher
- Castle
- Place of Publication
- Edision, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Food, Cooking, Food - Quotations & maxims, Cooking - Quotations & Maxims, Beverages - Quotations & Maxims
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wit & Humor & Curiosities;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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