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    Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy

    Every year, a dozen new words and acronyms are added to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary . “Hangry” made the cut this year, as did beer o'clock and wine o'clock. Food writer Josh Friedland digs even deeper to expand our culinary vocabulary in his forthcoming book, Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Sep 25, 2015 • 1 min read

    Every year, a dozen new words and acronyms are added to the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary. “Hangry” made the cut this year, as did beer o'clock and wine o'clock. Food writer Josh Friedland digs even deeper to expand our culinary vocabulary in his forthcoming book, Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern Gastronomy.

    You may know Josh from his Twitter persona, Ruth Bourdain, which won him a James Beard Award for Humor in 2011.

    Music: "Nanana" by Splendid

    The full episode

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    Eatymology; Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens; Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    1. 0:00Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books
    2. 9:05Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern GastronomyYou’re reading this
    3. 17:40The Best Low-and-Slow Meat in the City of Orange
    4. 23:47Jonathan Gold Goes Bananas for Cream Pie
    5. 27:47Market Report
    6. 35:00Einkorn is Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    7. 35:48From Vacant Lots to Urban Bounty
    8. 44:48The Renovated Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    2 of 8
    Eatymology; Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens; Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    1. 0:00Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books
    2. 9:05Eatymology: The Dictionary of Modern GastronomyYou’re reading this
    3. 17:40The Best Low-and-Slow Meat in the City of Orange
    4. 23:47Jonathan Gold Goes Bananas for Cream Pie
    5. 27:47Market Report
    6. 35:00Einkorn is Nature's Last Untouched Wheat
    7. 35:48From Vacant Lots to Urban Bounty
    8. 44:48The Renovated Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
    Back to Good Food