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The Oxford companion to food / Alan Davidson ; consultant editor, Jane Davidson ; research director, Helen Saberi ; illustrations by Soun Vannithone.
LIBRA TX349 .D38 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, Alan, 1924-2003.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Encyclopedias.
- Food.
- Food habits.
- Cooking--Encyclopedias.
- Cooking.
- Food habits--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 907 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition / edited by Tom Jaine.
- Other Title:
- Food
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- This outstanding culinary reference is destined to become a classic, and Davidson, the book's editor and the author of many of its entries, deserves the eternal gratitude of researchers everywhere. With its 2650 alphabetically arranged entries as well as 39 longer articles on staples such as rice, the range of the work is impressive."--"Library Journal.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [875]-898) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0192806815
- OCLC:
- 70775741
- Publisher Number:
- 9780192806819
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