The Penguin Companion to Food
Author(s): Alan Davidson
This reference offers a blend of history, fact and anecdote. It covers everything from culinary terms and cooking techniques to national cuisines, famous dishes and unusual ingredients. It includes 40 longer articles on topics such as garlic, noodles and sugar, and puddings.
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'This is an awe-inspiring work of love and dedication to the one thing that unites all of us human beings: food.' - Sophie Grigson.
Alan Davidson is an eminent and well-travelled author. He has written widely on seafood in particular, and is co-founder, with his wife Jane, of the food history journal Petit Propos Culinaires. He lives in London, in Chelsea.
General Fields
- :
- : pengui
- : pengui
- : 2.046
- : 05 September 2002
- : 246mm X 189mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alan Davidson
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : Soun Vannithone
- : 641.3
- : 1104
- : b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
