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  1. Department of Word Lists

     Food Words
    Sat Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Want to know every top chef's secret ingredient? The right food terms! We called Chef Eve Felder, associate dean of the Culinary Institute of America, to ask her about words to cook by:

    Bind. "When you bring two disparate ingredients together. You might bind through the emulsification of fat and meat. For example, if I were making sausage, I may add an egg as an additional binding agent to hold the ground meat together."

    Devil. "It means adding spicy ingredients to food, from the French word for devil, diable. In America, we think of deviled eggs and deviled ham. It may have a spice component but we've mostly gotten away from that."

    Grease. "A verb, as in to grease a pan. You would use paper towel or a gloved hand to grease a sheet tray or a cake pan with butter or oil."

  2. Behind the Dictionary

     A Way with Words
    Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2007

    The Visual Thesaurus is a proud sponsor of public radio's A Way with Words, a "freewheeling joy ride through the English language," that airs every weekend in San Diego, the Midwest and around the world via podcasts. When the ninth season of the show kicks off this Saturday, host Martha Barnette will be joined by a new partner, lexicographer Grant Barrett (read our interview with Grant here). We caught up with Martha to talk about her show, her work and her latest book, the delightful Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies.

  3. Dog Eared

     Martha's Books
    Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Martha Barnette, the host of public radio's A Way With Words, recommends these books on language, written by some of her favorite guests on the show:

    Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods by Michael Wex

    Word Origins ... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone by Anatoly Liberman

    Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsession by Marc Romano

    Do You Speak American? by Robert MacNeil and William Cran

    And one more by her predecessor on the show:

    The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations by Charles Harrington Elster

  4. Blog Du Jour

     Martha's Links
    Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Martha Barnette, the host of public radio's A Way With Words, recommends these sites on language:

    World Wide Words (See our interview here)

    Word Origins

  5. Lesson Plans

     Seeing Words in a New Way
    Mon Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2007
    In this lesson, students are introduced to the basic functions of the Visual Thesaurus by comparing and contrasting the use of a traditional dictionary and the use of the Visual Thesaurus to explore a word's meaning.

  6. Backstory

     Jacqueline Winspear, author of "Messenger of Truth"
    Sat Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2007

    I was inspired to write my first novel, Maisie Dobbs, by the character herself, who appeared in my mind's eye as I allowed my imagination to wander while stuck in traffic. I have referred to that spark of creativity as a moment of "artistic grace." It best describes the experience that led me to rush home from work later that day to begin writing, because by the time I started my car to drive home, I had the entire story in my head.

  7. Blog Excerpts

     American Dialect Society Word of the Year
    Sat Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2007
    It's official: The American Dialect Society has voted "plutoed" as their 2006 Word of the Year. The word derives from Pluto, which lost its "planet" status last year, of course. Wondering what plutoed means? Please click here.

  8. Candlepower

     Writing for Designers
    Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2007

    Writers write, designers design, right? Not so fast, says Derek Powazek. The designer of award-winning websites and an accomplished writer and photographer, his company publishes JPG, a photography magazine that's both a community-driven website and a printed publication. Derek says it's critical for designers to think about writing, too. He spoke to us about the connection:

  9. Blog Du Jour

     Poetry
    Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2007

    These sites offer poets, poems, even tips on how to "win" at poetry workshops:

    Poetry.org

    Poetry X

    The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

    Poetry Slam Incorporated

    Electronic Poetry Center

  10. Word Count

     Is Your Helicopter the Right Height?
    Mon Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2007
    When I talk to people about how to improve their writing, I often begin by suggesting we go for a metaphorical helicopter ride. We start by walking toward the whirling beast...Whappa, whappa, whappa. Our hair is whipped 'round our faces and we duck to protect our precious necks as we walk under the madly spinning blades. We scramble inside the door, stow our briefcases under the seats and pop on a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. Phew!

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