JESSICA BENTLEY
ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD
Jess is the Food Editor here at Luxe Life-
Adam Jacot de Boinod is a British au-
style Magazine. She is a culinary writ-
thor, most famous for his works about
er, photographer, recipe developer and
unusual words. He has written three
self-taught chef who’s cooking her way
books, the first two (The Meaning of
through the Queen City of Charlotte. Take
Tingo and Toujours Tingo) looking at
a glimpse into a slice of her kitchen by
words that have no equivalent in the
following her on Instagram & Facebook @sliceofjess. https://sli-
English language, and his latest book (The Wonder of Whiffling)
ceofjess.com
looking at unusual words in English. He worked on the first series of the television panel game QI. His
BRIANNA MELANSON
research on the show involved him reading an entire Albanian language dictionary and noting down any words that he found interesting. He formed the idea that there are 27 different words
Brianna Melanson is a transplant
for moustaches and 27 words for eyebrows in Albanian, includ-
from Upstate New York where she
ing, “vetullan” (“very bushy eyebrows”), “vetullor” (“slightly
earned her Bachelor’s in Profes-
arched eyebrows”) and “vetullosh” (“very thick eyebrows”).
sional Writing. She is passionate
After leaving QI, he began to investigate other languages, exam-
about telling everyone’s unique
ining 280 dictionaries and 140 websites. This led to the creation
stories and showcasing local busi-
of his first book in 2005, The Meaning of Tingo, a book featuring
nesses. She loves everything Char-
words which have no equivalent in the English language, “tin-
lotte has to offer, especially the
go” being a word from the Pascuense language of Easter Island
food, which is always documented on her Instagram.
meaning, “to borrow things from a friend’s house, one by one, until there’s nothing left”. He then wrote up a follow-up book entitled Toujours Tingo in 2007. In 2009, de Boinod wrote The
MELISSA CORBIN Melissa Corbin is a Tennessee-based freelance travel and culinary journalist
Wonder of Whiffling, a book about unusual words in English, the word “whiffling” having several meanings, including, “one who examined candidates for degrees… an officer who cleared the way for a procession, as well as being the name of the man with the whip in Morris dancing.”
who is forever on the hunt for the people and experiences that make our world a better place to live. You know the type––those who give a damn and aren’t letting the slightest bit of dust settle under their feet. Published by national publications such as Lonely Planet, Craft Beer.com and AAA Traveler, she also enjoys writing for the cultures of regional lifestyles publications like this one. A storyteller at heart, she podcasts over at CorbinInTheDell.com. You can follow her adventures on Instagram @melcorbin to continue the conversation.
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