International Dictionary of Food and Cooking


Book Description

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.




Dictionary of Food


Book Description

The Dictionary of Food is the indispensable companion for everyone who loves reading about food, or cooking it. We live in a globalised world, and our tastes in food have widened dramatically in recent years. The Dictionary of Food reflects this huge cultural shift. With concise descriptions of dishes, ingredients, equipment, and techniques, it brings the world's cuisines, familiar and less familiar, within our grasp. '… so interesting that it only stayed on my desk very briefly before it was taken away… invaluable in anyone's kitchen and particularly useful for professional chefs.' - Caroline Waldegrave, Leiths School of Food and Wine




Dictionary of Food


Book Description

The Dictionary of Food is the indispensable companion for everyone who loves reading about food, or cooking it. We live in a globalised world, and our tastes in food have widened dramatically in recent years. The Dictionary of Food reflects this huge cultural shift. With concise descriptions of dishes, ingredients, equipment, and techniques, it brings the world's cuisines, familiar and less familiar, within our grasp. '... so interesting that it only stayed on my desk very briefly before it was taken away... invaluable in anyone's kitchen and particularly useful for professional chefs.' - Caroline Waldegrave, Leiths School of Food and Wine







The International Dictionary of Desserts, Pastries, and Confections


Book Description

This invaluable A-to-Z culinary guide includes more than 800 definitions and 75 classic recipes for everything from Cheesecake to Churros, Financiers to Filo Dough, and Seven-Minute Icing to Semifreddo. Handy charts and appendices include tables of weight and measurement equivalents, conversions to and from metric, temperature equivalents and comparative baking pan sizes.




International Dictionary of Food and Cooking


Book Description

This comprehensive dictionary of over 24,000 entries covers all aspects of food & cooking. It is useful for any practicing chef, amateur enthusiast, gastronome or student. The dictionary covers: ingredients; additives; classical dishes; techniques; cooking processes; catering & menu terms; cooking implements & equipment; & scientific, botanical & nutritional terms. It includes dishes & ingredients from over 35 different countries, including European, American, South American, Australasian, Middle Eastern, African & Asian regions.




Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts


Book Description

This text is written for courses in Professional Cooking, Food and Beverage Management, Quantity Food Production, Food Preparation, and Introduction to Foods. A dictionary of the culinary arts, the book defines approximately 20,000 terms (including foreign terms)




The Prentice Hall Essentials Dictionary of Culinary Arts


Book Description

This concise version of the culinary dictionary is sized and priced to be used with other Hospitality/Culinary books. Offering over 6,000 entries, it includes authoritative yet concise definitions and a guide to accurate capitalization and phonetic pronunciation. Charts for common food additives, common food labeling terms, and selected produce varieties appear in the back and metric conversions and measurement equivalents are also included. Designed to support those in culinary arts, its definitions, line drawings, charts and tables are excellent for quick, at-a-glance reference.




The Slow Food Dictionary to Italian Regional Cooking


Book Description

The handy and practical Slow Food Dictionary of Regional Italian Cooking by the editors at Slow Food International tells you everything you ever wanted to know about Italian regional cooking as prepared in homes, osterias, and restaurants. Packed with information about dishes and ingredients, tools and techniques, origins and trends, the book (which contains forty color illustrations) is aimed primarily at food lovers but will also be of interest to anyone curious to find out more about Italy in general, its people, its language, its history, and its culture.