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 ...

Food words that have come to the U.S. via other languages tend to trip people up. Here are 14 mispronounced food words and ...

Many Italian recipes seem simple until one word completely changes the outcome. What does all'onda really mean? Why is it not ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's time to zhuzh your vocabulary. Merriam-Webster announced 690 words and definitions added to its dictionary in 2023. The words range from colloquial phrases like doggo and "beast mode" to ...

Truffle oil. Microgreens. Hot honey. Walk into any trendy, Instagrammable restaurant nowadays, and you’re almost guaranteed ...