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. Food historian and author Alan Davidson has personally written an astonishing 80 per cent of this unique work and there are guest articles by over 50 specialist authors from as far afield as the Philippines, Norway, and Australia.
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'This is an awe-inspiring work and dedication to tlie one thing unites all of us human beings: From haute to humble, spice to ice, Asian to inuit, cannibalism to veganism, it is all here, gathered eloquently, wittily, deliciously, and irresistibly between two covi
Sophie Grigson
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 FROM CEREALS TO SAUCES
• EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY... Tovább

Fülszöveg

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. Food historian and author Alan Davidson has personally written an astonishing 80 per cent of this unique work and there are guest articles by over 50 specialist authors from as far afield as the Philippines, Norway, and Australia.
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'This is an awe-inspiring work and dedication to tlie one thing unites all of us human beings: From haute to humble, spice to ice, Asian to inuit, cannibalism to veganism, it is all here, gathered eloquently, wittily, deliciously, and irresistibly between two covi
Sophie Grigson
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 FROM CEREALS TO SAUCES
• EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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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 some drinks) from around the world with their main ingredients and method of preparation-from chili con carne, croque-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 Creek and Roman, Inca, and Moghul cuisine to Parsi food and Jewish cookery, Cambodia, and Celtic feasting -
Much historical and other information about food and cookery books and their authors, including many women-such as Hannah Ciasse, Isabella Beeton, Amelia Simmons, Eliza Leslie, Irma Rombauer, Jane Crigson and Elizabeth David-whose lasting fame is already assured
The place of food in culture and religion, through fasting and feasting, dietary laws and mythology, fast ^Jffpd and soul food, wedding meals and washing up
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