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Brewer's: Hungary Water

Made of rosemary, sage, and spices; so called because the receipt was given by a hermit to the Queen of Hungary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hunger…

Christina Rossetti: Light Love

Light Love'Oh, sad thy lot before I came, But sadder when I go; My presence but a flash of flame, A transitory glow Between two barren wastes like snow. What wilt thou do when I am gone…

Brewer's: Specie, Species

means simply what is visible. As things are distinguished by their visible forms, it has come to mean kind or class. As drugs and condiments at one time formed the most important articles…

Brewer's: Barbecue

(3 syl.) A West Indian dish, consisting of a hog roasted whole, stuffed with spice, and basted with Madeira wine. Any animal roasted whole is so called. Oldfield with more than harpy…

Brewer's: Frangipani

A powerful Roman family. So called from their benevolent distribution of bread during a famine. Frangipani. A delicious perfume, made of spices, orris-root, and musk, in imitation of real…

Brewer's: Emblems of the Jewish Temple

(See Exod. xxv. 30-32; Rev. i. 12-20.) Golden candlestick. The Church. Its seven lights, the seven spirits of God. (Rev. iv. 6.) The shewbread. The twelve loaves the twelve tribes of…

Asian Food Primer: Maylasian Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

Asian Food Primer: Papua New Guinea Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

Asian Food Primer: Filipino Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

Asian Food Primer: Sri Lanka Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…