Oxford Companion to Food: The Oxford Companion to Food (Edition 2) (Hardcover)

from fireweaver

the editorial review above has the whole concept covered quite accurately. this is the encyclopedia of food: individual ingredients, techniques on cooking them, what different cultures have done with them. i've spent the past couple of evenings with this one on my kitchen table, looking up what i...

from KVHardy

A great reference book to have, when you are looking up some relatively obscure plant or ingredient.

from languagehat

Wide-ranging, idiosyncratic, endlessly appetizing... and very British; it does not contain the term "bologna."

from fireweaver

the editorial review above has the whole concept covered quite accurately. this is the encyclopedia of food: individual ingredients, techniques on cooking them, what different cultures have done with them. i've spent the past couple of evenings with this one on my kitchen table, looking up what i...

from KVHardy

A great reference book to have, when you are looking up some relatively obscure plant or ingredient.