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 ...

Language differences can be delightful and confusing, especially when it comes to food words between British English and American English. In this video we explore twenty British food terms that often ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every three months, The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words to its language arsenal, indicating their increasingly common usage among Americans, such as “jeggings,” “bromance,” and “muggle.” And ...

Fluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread. If you’re from the Northeast, you may be familiar with the sweet “delicacy” known as ...