The Oxford Companion To Food

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Twenty years in the making, here at last is the long-awaited magnum opus from one of the world''s greatest authorities on the history and use of food and foodstuffs the world over

• The Oxford Companion To Food available on May 12 2022 from Indigo for 89.95
  
• ISBN bar code 9780192115799 ξ3 registered May 12 2022
  
• ISBN bar code 9780192115799 ξ2 registered April 04 2012
  
• ISBN bar code 9780192115799 ξ1 registered April 04 2012
  
• Product category is Book

• Sku # 978019211579
  

Food historian and author Alan Davidson has personally written an amazing 80 per cent of this unique work with additional articles by over 50 specialist authors from as far afield as the Philippines, Norway, and Australia. 2650 BRILLIANTLY READABLE A-Z ENTRIES over 40 feature articles highlighting staple foods of the world exquisite delicately drawn illustrations by laotian artist soun vannithone navigation chart to the companion theme- by-theme extensive bibliography the most wide-ranging coverage ever of foods and food products and how to use them from exotic vegetables and spices to edible fungi and fish of all kinds, from common-or-garden carrots to specialities, such as caterpillars, not for the squeamish famous cooked and prepared dishes and drinks from around the world with their main ingredients and method of preparation from cider, crocque-monsieur, and couscous to Sussex pond pudding, sherbet, and sonofabitch stew all the flavours, styles, and staples of national and regional cuisines, past and present, ranging from classical Greek and Roman, Inca, and Moghul cuisine to Parsi food and Jewish cookery, Cambodia, and Celtic feasting culinary terms, cooking techniques, and food science to enlighten amateur cook and professional alike from colour and curdling, to sushi and soffritto; from ice and irradiation, to listeria, and lactose intolerance the history of cookery books and food writers across 2000 years, including major surveys of English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and American cookery books the place of food in culture and religion, through fasting and feasting, dietary laws and mythology, fast food and soul food, wedding meals and washing up

^ Alan Davidson (1999). Oxford Companion to Food p 114, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115799 (revised Apr 2012)
^ Alan Davidson (1999). 9780192115799, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115799 (revised Nov 2012)
^ The Oxford Companion To Food Indigo. ISBN 9780192115799 (revised May 2022)