David from Trophy Club, Texas, wonders about the phrase “I wouldn’t kick them out of bed for eating crackers.” This jocular expression has been around since the early 1940s, and indicates that someone is so lovable they could do...
Food that fell on the floor that you go ahead and eat anyway? That’s a floorio. This is part of a complete episode.
The word clean, as in clean food, has taken on a whole new life as a buzzword describing food free of artificial ingredients, preservatives, or added color. A restaurant chain now boasts clean sandwiches, and the topic is now covered by the magazine...
A small eating place where the food is not particularly good is sometimes called a grab-it-and-growl. This is part of a complete episode.
How wide are the gaps between your teeth? Wide enough to “eat corn on the cob through a picket fence?” This is part of a complete episode.
If someone calls you a voracious reader, would you be flattered or insulted? And is it better to be a voracious reader of nonfiction rather than novels? The word voracious, which shares a root with devour and carnivore, might connote a lack of...