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cucina letteraria

English translation: literary cuisine


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Italian term or phrase:cucina letteraria
English translation:literary cuisine
Entered by: Shera Lyn Parpia
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13:28 Feb 15, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Food & Dairy
Italian term or phrase: cucina letteraria
Quale luogo migliore per realizzare corsi di pittura e di fotografia in montagna, di meditazione e yoga, di cucina letteraria.

I'm not sure how to translate this - literature-inspired cuisine? food in literature? cooking in literature? I have found g-hits for all of these, but was wondering whether anyone knows a more frequently used way of expressing the concept. Thanks!
Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 12:03
literary cuisine
Explanation:
Literary Cuisine : A Tasty Bite of Literature
http://www.scu.edu/library/info/news/litcuisine/2006-01.cfm
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Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 12:03
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4literary cuisine
Wendy Streitparth
4 +1literary cooking
Cedric Randolph
3literature and food
Rachel Fell
3literature-inspired cooking
Valeria Sciarrillo


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
literary cooking


Explanation:
4,280,000 ghits
I and many others would put it this way

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zerlina
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Zerlina
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
literature-inspired cooking


Explanation:
Not at all sure if one hit is enough, but this might be of some interest: http://www.google.it/search?num=20&hl=it&newwindow=1&q="lite...

I think it must mean "inspired by literature", anyway: http://www.testi-utili.com/I_2008_2009/terzo anno/Pianificaz...

Valeria Sciarrillo
Italy
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
literary cuisine


Explanation:
Literary Cuisine : A Tasty Bite of Literature
http://www.scu.edu/library/info/news/litcuisine/2006-01.cfm

Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Atkinson: This is how I would put it too
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Sonia

agree  Zerlina
4 mins
  -> Thanks Zerlina

agree  missdutch
5 mins
  -> Thank you missdutch

agree  Science451
1 hr
  -> Thank you Science 451
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
literature and food


Explanation:
I might put it like this.

How do eating and cooking express who we are? How do some foods come to be associated with women and others with men? What is "foreign" food and how does it stop being foreign?

This module will investigate literary representations and uses of food from the late eighteenth century to the present day
http://www.kent.ac.uk/english/undergraduate/stage3/en634.htm...

Food plays a big role in literature, with evocative descriptions making a particular impression on childhood minds. Enid Blyton’s picnics of ginger beer, potted meats and milk drunk straight from the cow always sounded slightly strange to my thoroughly modern sensibilities, but, much like the characters themselves, undeniably wholesome and just plain ‘good’. Roald Dahl also provides numerous unforgettable food-related incidents, such as Bruce Bogtrotter’s cake victory over Miss Trunchbull, or the disgusting eating habits of the Twits. Need I even mention Willy Wonka’s factory?

http://thereaderonline.co.uk/2010/09/17/literature-and-food-...

Rachel Fell
Local time: 11:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Rachel - this is also an excellent answer.

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