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Oxford Companion to Food / Alan Davidson and Tom Jaine.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Davidson, Alan, 1924-2003.
Contributor:
Jaine, Tom.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food--Encyclopedias.
Food.
Cooking--Encyclopedias.
Cooking.
Food habits--Encyclopedias.
Food habits.
Medical Subjects:
Food.
Cooking.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (3195 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson, first published in 1999, became, almost overnight, an immense success, winning prizes and accolades around the world. Its combination of serious food history, culinary expertise, and entertaining serendipity, with each page offering an infinity of perspectives, was recognized as unique. The study of food and food history is a new discipline, but one that has developed exponentially in the last twenty years. There are now university departments, international societies, learned journals, and a wide-ranging literature exploring the meaning of food i
Contents:
Cover page; Alphabetical List of Entries; Contents; Title page; Copyright; Select Index; Alan Davidson: A Tribute; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgements for the Second Edition; Introduction; Contributors; Notes to Reader; The oxford Companion to food; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z; Maps; Bibliography
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780191018251
0191018252
9780191758010
0191758019
OCLC:
862049879

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