Russian gastronomic lexis as an access to the United State Exam 2014 materials
The present article describes the increasing use of Russian gastronomic lexis, that characterized food at first, in many communicative spheres which are far from cookery. The recent decades show the growth of linguistic interest in gastronomic lexis because this reflects the everyday communicative practice. The linguists are focused on gastronomic texts, ways of naming dishes in catering sphere, the catering linguocultural and ethnocultural features. The paper characterizes the texts presented in the social network “VKontakte” in the community “Vkusnyashki” (yummies). This community is created for people interested in passing the United State Exam 2014. These texts demonstrate the ways of encoding topics related to the United State Exam.