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The Oxford companion to food

Title: The Oxford companion to food / Alan Davidson ; illustrations by Soun Vannithone.
Author: Davidson, Alan, 1924-2003.
Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description

xviii, 892 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"The 2,650 alphabetical entries in this compendium represent 20 years of Davidson's work. They include information on specific foods, cooking terms, culinary tools, countries, traditions, and biographies of chefs and cookbook authors. The entries for countries cover foods, habits, and holidays with special foods. The entries about traditions cover religious laws that deal with food and/or fasting, such as Ramadan and kosher laws. There are 39 longer articles about staple foods such as rice and apples. A comprehensive bibliography provides access to further information. The book does not contain recipes, but it is an excellent companion for sources such as the Larousse Gastronomique."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Cookbooks.
Encyclopedia
Cookbook
cookbooks.
encyclopedias.
Cookbooks
Reference works
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Reference works.
Livres de cuisine.
Encyclopédies.
Ouvrages de référence.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [867]-884) and index

Contents

Introduction -- Contributors -- Listing of entries by subject -- Notes on using this book -- Text -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

ISBN

0192115790
9780192115799

LCCN

00388324

OCLC

ocm55747419
55747419
SCSB-1124685

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library