It’s a Man’s World - 1100 Words

Paradox    Real    Annals    Compound    Tinge

How paradoxical that the world’s greatest chefs have all been men! Cooking would clearly seem to be a field that lies exclusively within women’s realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge of rumor of scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these heroes of cuisine.

Paradox n. A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in facet turn out to be true

Real n. Special filed of something or someone; kingdom

Annals  n. Historical records

Compound v. To increase or add to

Tinge n. A trace, slight degree

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Isn’t odd that the well-known chefs in the world are all men? People would think that cooking should be women’ special field. However, historical record of chefs mostly are saturated with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz, Diat, Larousse. To make it even more dramatic, we rarely see a slight trace of scandal casting doubts on the masculinity of these hero’s of cuisine.