Description
Essential for anyone who talks, eats, or thinks about food. Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times
The New Food Lovers Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals. This widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in todays world, taking into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates, including:
Over 500 new cultural listings, including Korean, Persian, and South American additions
Definitions and explanations for cooking tools and techniques
A microwave oven conversion chart
An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts
Suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients
Among the myriad of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dininga veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie.
The New Food Lovers Companion is a reference guidenot a cookbookbut it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks. More than 7,200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work.
As thick and satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich. The New York Times
Author: Ron Herbst, Sharon Tyler Herbst
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 928
Weight: 1.8lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.90w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781438001630
Language: English
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