The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford Companions) by Alan Davidson
This book has not been indexed yet...
Notes about this book
You must Create an Account or Sign In to add a note to this book.Reviews about this book
- ISBN 10 0199677336
- ISBN 13 9780199677337
- Format Hardcover
- Page Count 960
- Language English
- Edition 3
- Publisher Oxford University Press
Publishers Text
Twenty years in the making, the first edition of this bestselling reference work appeared in 1999 to worldwide acclaim. Combining serious and meticulously researched facts with entertaining and witty commentary, it has been deemed unique by chefs and reviewers around the globe. It contains both a comprehensive catalog of foodstuffs - crackers and cookies named for battles and divas; body parts from toe to cerebellum; breads from Asia to the Mediterranean - and a richly allusive account of the culture of food, whether expressed in literature and cook books, or as dishes special to a country or community.Retaining Alan Davidson's wisdom and wit, this new edition also covers the latest developments across the whole spectrum of this subject. Tom Jaine has taken the opportunity to update the text and alert readers to new perspectives in food studies. There is new coverage on attitudes towards food consumption, production and perception, such as food and genetics, food and sociology, and obesity. New entries include terms such as convenience foods, gastronomy, fusion food, leftovers, obesity, local food, and many more. There are also new entries on important personalities who are of special significance within the world of food, among them Clarence Birdseye, Henri Nestle, and Louis Pasteur.
Now in its third edition the Companion maintains its place as the foremost food reference resource for study and home use.
Other cookbooks by this author
- Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos
- Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos
- Fruit: A Connoisseurs Guide and Cookbook
- Fruit: A Connoisseur's Guide and Cookbook
- A Kipper with My Tea: Collected Essays, 1977-88
- A Kipper With My Tea: Collected Essays, 1977-88
- A Kipper With My Tea: Selected Food Essays
- Mediterranean Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- Mediterranean Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide With Recipes
- North Atlantic Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes
- North Atlantic Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood: A Complete Guide to Fish & Shellfish
- North Atlantic Seafood
- North Atlantic Seafood
- On Fasting and Feasting
- The Oxford Companion To Food
- The Oxford Companion to Food and the Oxford Companion to Wine Set: 2-Volume Set
- The Oxford Companion To Food, Expanded And Revised: Second Edition
- Penguin Companion To Food
- The Penguin Companion to Food (Penguin Reference Books)
- Penguin Companion to Food 5-Copy Prepack
- The Pleasures of English Food
- Seafood: A Connoisseur's Guide and Cook Book
- Seafood: A Connoisseur's Guide and Cookbook
- Seafood: A Connoisseur's Guide and Cookbook
- Seafood of South East Asia
- Seafood of South-East Asia: A Comprehensive Guide With Recipes, Second Edition
- Seafood of South-East Asia
- Trifle
- Trifle
- Trifle
- The Wilder Shores of Gastronomy: Twenty Years of the Best Food Writing from the Journal Petits Propos Culinaires