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Bringing Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak
de Castle Books
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Muy bueno/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0785816119
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816119
- Librería
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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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- Librería
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M000213
- Título
- Bringing Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak
- Autor
- Castle Books
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0785816119
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816119
- Editorial
- Castle
- Lugar de publicación
- Edision, New Jersey
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- Food, Cooking, Food - Quotations & maxims, Cooking - Quotations & Maxims, Beverages - Quotations & Maxims
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Wit & Humor & Curiosities;
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Sobre el vendedor
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
Sobre 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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