WAIE (whatamieating.com)


This is the searchable online international food dictionary with – so far – 63,471 terms in 303 languages plus 13,340 plurals.

Just type in the word that you're looking for and press enter or click on search. There are other types of search; see search help for more information.

Most Recent Upload: 14th July 2010

I have been busy with other things just recently but have now managed another upload. I have had the great good fortune to make the acquaintance of Babette Blaedel-Flajsner who has started to do some really high quality work on my Danish and Swedish lists. I *love* it when good people add to my work and brush it into really good shape. Also Susi Arendt has kindly looked at German plural terms for me and I am slowly adding these. Many thanks to Babette and Susi.

I am just starting work on developing some apps so people can carry the largest food dictionaries in about 60 different languages with them wherever they go. I'll keep people posted as to how this goes.

I have also just met David Lyne-Gordon on-line. He has written a great work on edible plants and, to my great excitement, is keen to help out with some of my entries concerning the more uncommon plants. It is lovely for me to get help in this way.

Welcome to the new people who have joined the Facebook group. (Facebook group) If you would like to join, you will get occasional updates about what has been added to to the site.

I am still working on improvements to the site. This is a long job and entry of new food terms will happen much more quickly once this structural work is done.

Please do let us know if you see any errors, broken links or pictures. Some of the changes I am making may lead to this happening and it would help if you could let us know.

Description: Lombardy is the anglicised name for Lombardia, a region of central northern Italy, bordering Switzerland along its northern edge. It includes Sondrio, Varese, Como, Bergamo, Brescia, Milan, Mantua, Cremona and Pavia. Agriculture is important. Maize, wheat, rice and wine are produced and mulberries are grown for sericulture. Dairy produce is the main speciality of the region so butter is used in preference to olive oil, cream is frequently used in sauces and many cheeses are available, including Bitto, Gorgonzola, Robiola, Taleggio and Bel Paese. The rice is used in making the great risotti of the area. You will more often find polenta or rice than pasta, and when you find pasta it is likely to be fresh rather than dried. Rice and polenta dishes are likely to be served with meat or vegetable mixtures and then topped with melted butter or cheese. The cold weather encourages the production of warming dishes like minestrone and osso buco which, at their best, are sublime. Lake fish are found in Lakes Como, Maggiore and Garda, some of them rarely seen elsewhere, such as missoltini. In autumn (US: fall), mushrooms, truffles and chestnuts may be found in the mountains, while staples include potatoes, cabbages and pumpkins.