The New Food Lover's Companion - 5th Edition by Ron Herbst & Sharon Tyler Herbst (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The New Food Lover's Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals.
- Author(s): Ron Herbst & Sharon Tyler Herbst
- 928 Pages
- Cooking + Food + Wine, Reference
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About the Book
This classic food bible includes more than 7,200 A-to-Z entries describing foods, cooking techniques, herbs, spices, desserts, wines, and the ingredients for pleasurable dining.Book Synopsis
The New Food Lover's 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 today's world, considering 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 myriads of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining--a veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie.
The New Food Lover's Companion is a reference guide--not a cookbook--but 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.
It would make the perfect gift for chefs, food lovers, and anyone who is interested in cooking!
"As thick and satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich." --The New York Times
"Essential for anyone who talks, eats, or thinks about food." --Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times
Review Quotes
"A must for every cook's library." --Bon Appétit magazine
Praise for previous editions... "The quintessential food reference book... a bible for anyone seriously interested in cooking." --Adventures in Dining "Essential for anyone who talks, eats or thinks about food." --Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times
"The indispensable landmark volume that defines thousands of American and foreign culinary terms." --Paula Hamilton, Oakland Tribune "Comprehensive, accurate, interesting, well-written, and inexpensive..." --Booklist "A wealth of information... a small culinary gem." --Pat Dailey, Chicago Tribune "As thick and as satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich." --The New York Times
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