The New Food Lover's Companion (5th Edition)

Open this fifth edition of The New Food Lover's Companion and you'll find more information about good food and dining than ever, including updated entries to accommodate our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates such as ingredients and methods for preparing many ethnic foods and an extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts.

Among the standard subjects defined and explained are cooking tools and techniques, meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining. Appendices cover many topics, including suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients, a microwave oven conversion chart, and much more.

The New Food Lover's Companion is a reference guide - not a cookbook - but it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks.