Delia Chiaro is Professor Emerita at the University of Bologna, Italy. She writes on Humor and Translation and has authored studies on how wordplay is translated in diverse media. Her books include The Language of Jokes (Routledge, 1992) and The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2017).Debra Aarons is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She writes on Humor and Language and has coauthored, along with Marc Mierowsky, a series of articles in Comedy Studies about standup. She is the author of Jokes and the Linguistic Mind (Routledge, 2012).

• Starters: eat, shit, and dieChapter 1 A Mouthful of mirth: an overview of food, language, humor, and disgustChapter 2 The stirrings of disgustChapter 3 Digestion of disgust in politics (don’t swallow)Chapter 4 Food and humor get disgusting at the movies, sometimes in songChapter 5 Recipes for laughter: the role of humor in cookery showsChapter 6 “Does it taste as good if you don’t post it on Instagram?”: Food and humor onlineIndex

Delia Chiaro is Professor Emerita at the University of Bologna, Italy. She writes on Humor and Translation and has authored studies on how wordplay is translated in diverse media. Her books include The Language of Jokes (Routledge, 1992) and The Language of Jokes in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2017).Debra Aarons is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She writes on Humor and Language and has coauthored, along with Marc Mierowsky, a series of articles in Comedy Studies about standup. She is the author of Jokes and the Linguistic Mind (Routledge, 2012).

• Starters: eat, shit, and dieChapter 1 A Mouthful of mirth: an overview of food, language, humor, and disgustChapter 2 The stirrings of disgustChapter 3 Digestion of disgust in politics (don’t swallow)Chapter 4 Food and humor get disgusting at the movies, sometimes in songChapter 5 Recipes for laughter: the role of humor in cookery showsChapter 6 “Does it taste as good if you don’t post it on Instagram?”: Food and humor onlineIndex