Food Lover's Companion, The [Paperback]

Amazingly comprehensive encyclopedia of everything you ever wondered or will need to know about culinary terms and ingredients. -- Susan Miller, The Home Monthly, May 2001

Hands down, it is the ultimate accessible cooking and dining reference book. -- Mat Schaffer, Boston Herald, March 2001

If there's a culinary reference book that foodies reach for more often... we don't know what it would be. -- Renee Enna, The Chicago Times, June 2001

My old copy is more dog-eared than any favorite cookbook... referred to almost daily...Dedicated foodies can't do without it. -- Susan Miller, The Home Monthly, May 2001

This mimi-tome is brimming with useful information on thousands of foods and terms. -- Renee Enna, The Chicago Times, June 2001

The new edition of one of America's best-selling culinary reference books is bigger and better than ever, with almost 6,000 listings on subjects related to food and drink. Hailed by Bon App©tit magazine as "one of the best reference books we've seen, a must for every cook's library," it's the ultimate kitchen tool. Here are answers to questions about cooking techniques, meat cuts, kitchen utensils, food, wine, cocktail terms, and much more. Readers will also find a completely revised and expanded appendix containing a pasta glossary, a pan substitution chart, consumer information contacts, ingredient equivalents and substitutions, and more. A million readers can't be wrong--and they've found previous editions of this book invaluable. For anybody who cooks--or who simply loves food--here's a terrific reference source and an outstanding cookbook supplement.

Sharon Tyler Herbst, award-winning author of 13 books, is the foremost writer of user-friendly food and drink reference works. She's also a media personality and spokesperson for national food and beverage companies.