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We Dig Plants Introduction: The Language of Flowers (18:23)
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Heritage Radio Network, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, We Dig Plants, Valentine's Day, communicating feelings florally, the language of flowers, floriography, coded messages from flowers, The Mystery & Magic of Trees and Flowers, floral language, flowers took on a whole new meaning under Queen Victoria, chrysanthemums, flowers as insults, hydrangea, Amaranthus, represents desertion, Tudor rose, mixed roses, English Red & White rose, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letters that described Turkish life, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, The School of Flora,Valentine's Day Flowers (15:36)
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popular Valentine's day flowers, god of the flowers, the god of silence, white rose often associated with Mohamed, mythology, rose as the flower of the martyrs, carnations, pinks, divine flower, fragrance and beauty, pinks were associated with happiness, Oscar Wilde, funeral flowers, Mother's Day, carnation pedals are edible and sweet, used to flavor beer ale and wine, still used to make Chartreuse, flowers created by clumsy gods,Download MP3 (Full Episode)
Episode 91: Food Word Pyramid (19:13)
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bean, A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio, Ina Lipkowitz, Hearst Ranch, the power of language, culinary history, MIT, Words to Eat By, food words, words of food, foodie, comparative literature, Biblical studies, Au bon pain, Panera, Charles Lamb, pick pickins, semantic, Surgeon General, food pyramid, old English words, apple, leek, meat, milk, ancient Mediterranean world, ancient Romans, hybridized, vegetables, beat,Apples of Insanity (12:51)
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allium family, Julia Child, Wales, euphemisms, Cornish game hen, flesh balls, semantic shifts, Frank Bruni, culinary historians, French words, aubergine, pineapple, pinecone, pomme, earth apple, pomme de terre, eggplants, melazana, pommodoro, nightshade, apple of insanity,Download MP3 (Full Episode)








