The New Food Lover's Companion: Comprehensive Definitions of over 3000 Food, Wine, and Culinary Terms: Amazon.ca: Sharon Tyler Herbst: Books

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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Packed with more than 4,000 terms, including 500 new ones, this newly expanded, A-to-Z guide defines and describes preparation and cooking methods, kitchen utensils, herbs and spices, cuts of meat, types of cheese and sausage, seafood, sauces, foreign food terms, unusual tropical fruits, and even gives basic descriptions of beers, wines, and cocktails.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Canadian chef-in-training, Jun 14 2004

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This review is from: Food Lover's Companion, The (Paperback)

Though breif in it's descriptions, its still a good reference book to keep around and it's travel size is good for students like myself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better -- and more fun -- than you can imagine, Jun 10 2004

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This book resides in my kitchen and is used regularly to check food names, food origins, answer questions about particular dishes or cooking methods -- it's all here! In addition to the main dictionary-body of the book, the appendices are chock full of useful explanatory charts & diagrams (Conversions, Substitutions, "Retail Cuts of Beef/Pork/Lamb/Veal", Herb & Spice Chart, etc.). Extremely user-friendly, the book has a wonderful feel and heft, and is a great gift, but not just for foodies...anybody who eats would enjoy it. I was intrigued and picked it up years ago in a Fresh Fields Store, and now can't imagine not having it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Star!, May 17 2004

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This is the ONLY book I keep on my desk for food reference. Well researched. Clearly written. --- & clearly the BEST!

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