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Foreign Foods in English

Postby Slava » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:37 pm

From The Week magazine, a nice article on the names of 10 foods most Americans know, or at least aware of:

https://theweek.com/articles/827738/10- ... owed-names

The gimmick here is that the foods are associated with a country, but the name actually comes from another place. If you know others, please enlighten us.
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