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New Food Lover's Companion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herbst, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Dictionaries.
- Food.
- Cooking--Dictionaries.
- Cooking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (829 pages)
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 2013.
- Summary:
- The New Food Lover's Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals. This widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world, taking into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates, including-Over 500 new cultural listings, including Korean, Persian, and South American additionsDefinitions and explanations for cooking tools and techniquesA microwave oven conversion chartAn extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional factsSuggestions for substituting recipe ingredientsAmong the myriad of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining-a veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie. 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. More than 7,200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Pronunciation Guide
- Terms
- Appendix
- Ingredient Equivalents
- Substituting Ingredients
- Pan Substitution Chart
- High-Altitude Baking Adjustments
- Boiling Point of Water at Various Altitudes
- General Temperature Equivalents
- Hand Test for Grilling Temperatures
- Oven Temperatures
- Fahrenheit/Celsius Conversion Formulas
- Microwave Oven Conversion Chart
- Recommended Safe Cooking Temperatures
- Candymaking Cold-Water Tests
- Frying Temperatures
- Smoke Points of Popular Oils
- Fatty Acid Profiles of Popular Oils
- U.S. Measurement Equivalents
- Wine and Spirit Bottle Sizes
- Approximate Metric Equivalents
- Metric Conversion Formulas
- MyPlate (USDA)
- Food Label Terms
- A Guide to Food Labels
- Apple Varieties and Suggested Uses
- Pasta Glossary
- British and American Food and Cooking Terms
- Seasoning Suggestions
- Meat Charts
- Beef Chart
- Lamb Chart
- Pork Chart
- Veal Chart
- Food Additives Directory
- Blood Alcohol Concentration Charts
- Bibliography
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781438092331
- 1438092334
- OCLC:
- 1012344267
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