the best food reference work ever to appear in the English language ... read it and be dazzled'
Bee Wilson, New Statesman
First published in 1999, the ground-breaking Oxford Companion to Food was an immediate success and won prizes and accolades around the world. Its blend of serious food history, culinary expertise, and entertaining serendipity, was and remains unique.
Interest in food, cooking, and the culture surrounding food has grown enormously in the intervening period, as has the study of food and food history. University departments, international societies, and academic journals have sprung up dedicated to exploring the meaning of food in the daily lives of people around the world, alongside an ever-increasing number of articles, books, programmes, and websites in the general media devoted to the discussion of food, making the Oxford Companion to Food more relevant than ever.
Already a food writing classic, this Companion combines an exhaustive catalogue of foods, be they biscuits named after battles, divas or revolutionaries; body parts (from nose to tail, toe to cerebellum); or breads from the steppes of Asia or the well-built ovens of the Mediterranean; with a richly allusive commentary on the culture of food, expressed in literature and cookery books, or as dishes peculiar to a country or community.
While building on the Companion's existing strengths, Tom Jaine has taken the opportunity to update the text and alert readers to new perspectives in food studies. There is new coverage of attitudes to food consumption, production and perception, such as food and genetics, food and sociology, and obesity. New entries include terms such as convenience foods, drugs and food, Ethiopia, leftovers, medicine and food, pasta, and many more. There are also new entries on important personalities who are of special significance within the world of food, among them Clarence Birdseye, Henri Nestle, and Louis Pasteur.
In its new edition the Companion maintains its place as the foremost food reference resource for study and home use.
目录
Alan Davidson: A Tribute by Tom Jaine ; Preface to the Third Edition by Tom Jaine ; Preface to the Second Edition by Tom Jaine ; Introduction by Alan Davidson ; Contributors ; Subject Index ; Note on Using this Book ; The Oxford Companion to Food A-Z ; Bibliography ; Acknowledgements
Alan Davidson was a distinguished author and publisher, and one of the world's best-known writers on fish and fish cookery. In 1975 he retired early from the service - after serving in, among other places, Washington, Egypt, Tunisia, and Laos, where he was British Ambassador - to pursue a fruitful second career as a food historian and food writer extraordinaire. Among his popular books are North Atlantic Seafood and Mediterrranean Seafood. In 2003, shortly before
his death, he was awarded the Erasmus Prize for his contribution to European culture.
Tom Jaine 是一位独立作家和出版商,专门研究食品和食品历史。他是众多书籍的作者,包括《乡村烹饪》、《在家制作面包》和《传统乡间别墅烹饪》。他经常为《泰晤士报》、《卫报》、《星期日电讯报》、《晚报》以及许多杂志和期刊撰稿。从 1989 年到 1994 年,他是《美食指南》的编辑,曾在第 4 电台主持过“美食节目”,并参与了电台和电视对食物的讨论。
EDITOR
Tom Jaine is an independent writer and publisher, specializing in food and food history. He is the author of numerous books, including Cooking in the Country, Making Bread at Home, and Traditional Country House Cooking. He frequently writes for The Times, The Guardian, the Sunday Telegraph, the Evening Standard, and many magazines and journals. He was editor of The Good Food Guide from 1989 to 1994, has presented 'The Food Programme' on Radio 4, and has participated in discussions of food on radio and television.
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