Beautiful food words

[petite tête de chou]

If "petite tete de chou" is something to eat, it sounds good?

SB (mise en place and sans fromage about depletes my supply of French )

PS:  Oh, and boeuf, which really doesn't sound all that great?

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It's a childhood endearment and means "little cabbage head." So yes, you could certainly eat it, especially sauteed with bacon.

[moosnsqrl]

mise en place - it evokes great expectations of a lovely meal.

[highchef]

trinity, a nice name for a girl as well (looks like I did well having boys)

[FistFullaRoux]

Gnocchi is my favorite so far. Beautiful. And my MIL's name is Rosemary. Not that it's a bad thing.

Sugar, Sweetie, Dumpling, and Honey all have nice associations with them as well.

[srhcb]

mise en place - it evokes great expectations of a lovely meal.

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Perhaps a nice stufato del mouse?

SB (it was stuck in my Edit-Paste from a previous post)

[maggiethecat]

zabaglione

[maggiethecat]

Schlagobers is my all time favorite food word -- not just a little whipped cream, but hills, mountains tributaries oceans of it. Cue a waltz.

Edited to add personal info about Austro-Hungarian pastry and the naming of children. Our only child , a daughter, has one of those old -fashioned Quality names mentioned upthread: not Faith, Hope or Chastity but the Anglo/Irish Honor. Thank God we had a girl, because we couldn't agree on a boy's name. I like Scots names for boys: Murdo, Angus, Jock, Callum and especially Ian, because it's my father's name. Father- to -be would have nothing to do with it, and not because he liked Brian or Jason, the hottest boy names around. Nor did he wish to continue the alternate generation Joseph/Louis tradition in his family.

We'd made, from the Time-Life Cooking of Vienna's Empire, that decadent chocolate/ganache confection Rigo Janczi, named after an Hungarian gypsy violinist. My husband said "Rigo. I want Rigo. I have no second choice."

Cue Czardas. I don't know if a kid named Rigo would have a tougher time growing up with that name than Honor did with hers. She loves her name now, and perhaps Rigo would have too.

[maggiethecat]

Yes, I have a touch of Ausberger's when it comes to The Naming of Things -- ask anyone who knows me! If Gwyneth Paltrow can have a daughter who rejoices in the name of Apple (no cynicism here, by the way) why can't Bacon be the next hot eccentric name? Heck, one could always say, WASP style, "It was my mother's maiden name."

Muffaletta is a lovely food word.

[srhcb]

  If Gwyneth Paltrow can have a daughter who rejoices in the name of Apple (no cynicism here, by the way) why can't Bacon be the next hot eccentric name? Heck, one could always say, WASP style, "It was my mother's maiden name."

Muffaletta is a lovely food word.

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I've seen Apple as a middle name: J. Apple Seed, (Planter), Bacon as a last name: Kevin (actor) and Roger(Oxford don), and Heck was my Dentist (Dr Frank P.)'s last name.

SB (it was shortened from Hecomovich)

[KatieLoeb]

Mofongo. It's just melodious.

And Maggie, I think Honor is a beautiful name, and one of the virtues that is oft overlooked, both in naming, and in general!

[SuzySushi]

How about chimichurri, particularly if pronounced with rolling r's?

[hsm]

Mmmmmm...gelato.

[FistFullaRoux]

And for a slightly different one, I've always like chitlins (as a word). Also garbonzo, oleo, satsuma, cream, emulsion, martini, clafouti, and copperclad.

ETA: they also make great scrabble words too.

Edited October 15, 2006 by FistFullaRoux (log)

[johnsmith45678]

Big Mac

okay, just kidding! Nobody's said foie gras -- I kind of like the way it sounds. I think there are a whole slew of French food words that sound beautiful.

[BonVivant]

crème brûlée, pudim flan [=pudding flan], sonhos [=dreams], suspiros [=sighs], vinho verde.

[ogkodansha]

Blimbing, Indonesian for starfruit and wingko babat, a chewy coconut cake, the best one is Diesel Train and Jet brand.

Xorxog (horhog), Mongolian mutton cooked with hot rocks in a sealed container, usually a milk can.

[Carrot Top]

Darjeeling.

Reblochon (he is from the same family as Rigo).

I've had a crush on calabash for some time now.

Cherimoya.

[Milagai]

Anardana (pomegranate seeds)

reminds of me of Anarkali (pom. flower).

Have to pronounce it right: Anaardaanaa (with a soft d)

Anarkali was the name of the heroine

in a major Romeo-Juliet type love

story involving a dancing girl and

Prince Salim, the Great Mughal Emperor Akbar's heir.

Historicity of story is dubious, but the story (product

of an early 20th c Urdu playwright) is great, and

the name and associations are pretty....

Milagai

[Kent Wang]

How about some Japanese terms?

sashimi

ikura

tiramisu -- oops, that's Italian, but it sure looks like it could be Japanese!

[buffy]

Here is my favorite French food word: pamplemousse.

Also the Thai word for pineapple sounds so beautiful when said in Thai: saparot.

[Pat Churchill]

Crudites, framboise, ananas, tom yum gai, and cavolfiori, semi freddo, brown Betty, squid, ras el hanout, cloutie dumpling, athol brose...

[Abra]

Mousse

Pimenton

Croquembouche

Dulce de leche

Tzatziki

Quenelle

Clafoutis

Saucisson sec

Pfeffernusse

Calissons

[Episure]

Imli - the Indian word for Tamarind.

and

Chou Romanesco

[racheld]

Tagliatelle

Bearnaise

Floating IIIIIIIIIsland

Sesame

Anadama

Cardoon

Galactoboureko

LAAAAAHHHHte

Etouffee

Caprese

Okra

Spatula

Le Creuset

Creeeeeamery

Nan

Vessie

a la Greque

Gastronome

Fricassee

Preserves

Marmalade

Citron

Chinois

[Luckylies]

farfalle

glace

lillet