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The Penguin Companion to Food
Author : Alan Davidson
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 1110 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Cooking
ISBN :
The Oxford Companion to Food
Author : Alan Davidson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 1944 pages
File Size : 34,94 MB
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0191018252
Book Description
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, first published in 1999, became, almost overnight, an immense success, winning prizes and accolades around the world. Its combination of serious food history, culinary expertise, and entertaining serendipity, with each page offering an infinity of perspectives, was recognized as unique. The study of food and food history is a new discipline, but one that has developed exponentially in the last twenty years. There are now university departments, international societies, learned journals, and a wide-ranging literature exploring the meaning of food in the daily lives of people around the world, and seeking to introduce food and the process of nourishment into our understanding of almost every compartment of human life, whether politics, high culture, street life, agriculture, or life and death issues such as conflict and war. The great quality of this Companion is the way it includes both an exhaustive catalogue of the foods that nourish humankind - whether they be fruit from tropical forests, mosses scraped from adamantine granite in Siberian wastes, or body parts such as eyeballs and testicles - and a richly allusive commentary on the culture of food, whether expressed in literature and cookery books, or as dishes peculiar to a country or community. The new edition has not sought to dim the brilliance of Davidson's prose. Rather, it has updated to keep ahead of a fast-moving area, and has taken the opportunity to alert readers to new avenues in food studies.
The Penguin Food Guide to India
Author : Charmaine O' Brien
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9351185753
Book Description
This first-ever comprehensive guide to regional food across India takes you on a mouth-watering journey through the homes, streets and restaurants of each state, exploring exotic and everyday fare in equal measure. Be it the lime-laced Moplah biryani, the Goan Galinha cafreal, the bhang ka raita of Uttarakhand, or the Singpho people’s Wu san tikye, India’s rich palette of flavours is sure to drum up an insatiable appetite in you. Laden with historical information, cultural insights and personalized recommendations, The Penguin Food Guide to India is your ideal companion to the delightful world of Indian cuisine.
The Oxford Companion to Food
Author : Alan Davidson
Publisher :
Page : 953 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199677336
Book Description
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.
The Penguin Companion to European Union
Author : Anthony Teasdale
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780141021188
Book Description
The focus of this book is on the fifteen-member European Union but its coverage extends to many other bodies which form part of today's Europe, such as the Council of Europe, the European Economic Area and Western European Union.
Rude Food
Author : Vir Sanghvi
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780143031390
Book Description
If You Like The Smell Of Truffles, You Also Like Sex. If, On The Other Hand, You Think It Reminds You Of Socks, Then You'Re Probably Lousy In Bed.' Star Journalist And Popular Television Anchor Vir Sanghvi Wears Many Hats. By Day He Writes Serious Political Columns, In The Evenings He'S At A Studio Interviewing A Celebrity, And Sometime In Between He Is Both Gourmet And Gourmand. And When Sanghvi Writes On Food, He Pulls No Punches. Celebrating What Is Good And Savagely Attacking What Is Bad, He Combines Culinary History, Travel And Culture To Rank Among The Best Food Writers Of Today. Inspired, Erudite And Wonderfully Witty, Rude Food Is A Collection Of Sanghvi'S Essays On Food And Drink. From Breakfast Rituals To Sinful Desserts, Airlines Khana To What Our Favourite Film Stars Love To Eat, From Chefs At Five-Star Hotels To Food Critics, Vir Sanghvi Has His Finger On The Pulse Of What We Put Into Our Stomachs And Why. If You Want To Know How Tandoori Chicken Arrived In India, The Three Golden Rules Of Sandwich Making Or The Three Kinds Of Bad Service You Should Absolutely Not Put Up With, Who Eats Out The Most In Bombay And Where You Are Most Likely To Find Prime Minister Vajpayee Tucking Into His Favourite Cuisine, Then This Is The Book You Must Have. Full Of Culinary Secrets And Gastronomic Tips, Rude Food Tells You The Key To The Perfect Pizza, The Easiest Way To Make Risotto, What The Nation'S Fast Food Of Choice Is, The Truth About Your Cooking Oil, And Much Much More. A Feast Of Sparkling Prose That Entertains As It Informs, This Is A Book To Be Read, Consulted And Savoured.
How Food Works
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1465466681
Book Description
An easy-to-understand visual guide to the facts of food and nutrition. A nutritionist in a book that explains key concepts about food and what makes it good or bad for you, How Food Works brings the science of food to life. Through a highly visual approach that uses bold infographics, explore the good, the bad, the confusing, and the trending world of food. Discover what an antioxidant is, find out what a superfood does to your body, and learn why it is dangerous to reheat rice. Covering a wide variety of topics, from dieting to gluten intolerance, How Food Works debunks common food myths, explains nutrition, covers the food groups, and looks into organic vs. processed foods. Follow the history of food production and free-range farming, how food is transported, and what "sell by" dates really mean. How Food Works is a completely comprehensive guide that will help readers understand the underlying biological effects of everyday foods through scientific evaluation, revealing the powers of different types of food and drinks.
The
Author : Grace Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0743238273
Book Description
A guide to cooking with a wok offers a collection of wok recipes, food preparation tips, and anecdotes about the author's culinary experiences in the international kitchens of famous chefs, teachers, and celebrities.
Keys to Good Cooking
Author : Harold McGee
Publisher : Appetite by Random House
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0449015998
Book Description
A requisite countertop companion for all home chefs, Keys to Good Cooking distils the modern scientific understanding of cooking and translates it into immediately useful information. The book provides simple statements of fact and advice, along with brief explanations that help cooks understand why, and apply that understanding to other situations. Not a cookbook, Keys to Good Cooking is, simply put, a book about how to cook well. A work of astounding scholarship and originality, this is a concise and authoritative guide designed to help home cooks navigate the ever-expanding universe of recipes and ingredients and appliances, and arrive at the promised land of a satisfying dish.
In Defence of Food
Author : Michael Pollan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0141908513
Book Description
'A must-read ... satisfying, rich ... loaded with flavour' Sunday Telegraph This book is a celebration of food. By food, Michael Pollan means real, proper, simple food - not the kind that comes in a packet, or has lists of unpronounceable ingredients, or that makes nutritional claims about how healthy it is. More like the kind of food your great-grandmother would recognize. In Defence of Food is a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well. By following a few pieces of advice (Eat at a table - a desk doesn't count. Don't buy food where you'd buy your petrol!), you will enrich your life and your palate, and enlarge your sense of what it means to be healthy and happy. It's time to fall in love with food again. For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. His most recent book, about the ethics and ecology of eating, is The Omnivore's Dilemma, named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire, A Place of My Own and Second Nature.
