8.07.2009

Lagniappe 29: Seductions of Rice

Seductions of Rice
(listen or download from link above)

In which we travel the wide world seeking rice and also find adventure.

(Review of the book Seductions of Rice is here.)

According to Webster
la·gniappe \ˈlan-ˌyap, lan-ˈ\
Function:
noun
Etymology: American French, from American Spanish la ñapa the lagniappe, from la + ñapa, yapa, from Quechua yapa something added
Date: 1844
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase;
broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure

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