About this episode

Rob and Jess explore the meanings behind popular food names from around the world.

Rob and Jess are touring the world and translating the names of popular foods. 🍝 What does "chow mein" mean? 👅 Which pasta is "little tongues"? 🌭 What is a Frankfurter called in Frankfurt? These curious culinary questions answered, and many more, in another deliciously nerdy episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/2Jvlji9GlOw

People in this episode

Hosts: RobWords, Jess Zafarris

Topics covered

• food translation
• culinary meanings
• world cuisine
• cultural exploration
• food names

Keywords

• tiramisu
• chow mein
• Frankfurter
• food names
• culinary questions

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: tiramisu, chow mein, Frankfurter

Places: Frankfurt

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