artophagous

[prettygoodword]

Theme week! One that got put off for a couple months by frequentives (which I still miss) -- -phagous, or words for having a specialized diet. All of these, the suffix is from the Ancient Greek suffix -phágos, -eating, from phageîn, to eat.


artophagous - (rare) v., bread-eating.


Used humorously, sometimes, to describe the French, but also of cultures and subcultures where bread is indeed the staple starch. The coined from Ancient Greek ártos, bread.

---L.

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[minoanmiss]

om nom nom

[prettygoodword]

nom nom

Some invitations to artophagy:

[full_metal_ox]

From VineyardBaker:



(Image description: a freshly baked focaccia sheet, on which has been embedded a Van Goghesque floral bouquet of yellow pepper sunflowers, red pepper poppies, cherry tomato berries, and fresh herb foliage.)

From Boudin Bakery in San Francisco:



(Image description: a bakery display rack bearing crusty golden-brown bread loaves shaped like turtles, a teddy bear, an alligator, and a lobster. The teddy bear is priced at $9.99, the alligator at $19.99, and the turtle at $8.99—-although turtle rolls are also displayed.)

Re: Some invitations to artophagy:

[prettygoodword]

That second pic looks YUM

Re: Some invitations to artophagy:

[full_metal_ox]

My initial thought was to link Parry Gripp’s “nom nom nom” video, but none of the animals portrayed are unequivocally eating bread (and, indeed, most are tucking into species-appropriate vegetables.)

Re: Some invitations to artophagy:

[minoanmiss]

That first one is so beautiful I could cry

Re: Some invitations to artophagy:

[full_metal_ox]

It’s part of her Van Dough Gallery Collection (scroll about 5/8 of the way down on the included link in the above comment.) Here’s a recipe:

https://www.vineyardbaker.com/_files/ugd/f5b5ef_bfafac5dc8834a97b6a3636ffc3608ab.pdf

[med_cat]

An interesting word :)