Almost seven thousand alphabetical entries provide information on all aspects of cooking and dining, including cooking techniques and tools, ingredients, wines, and meat cuts.

Cooking Classics: Asia is a collection of 42 recipes that span the best of various Asian cuisines. Each dish represents the best of each country's cuisine, culture and influences, providing the reader with simple, concise information and background facts. Learn to appreciate the Philippines's knack of turning pasta into a dessert with dishes like the Pasta Fruit Salad, and learn the Thai way of combining sweet, sour and salty flavours with the Cold Prawn, Papaya and Bean Vermicelli Salad. Enjoy fresh, simple Japanese Silky Egg Custard, and spice up your dinner table with a Thai Red Curry Chick

A handy reference guide to matching food and wine.

"'Understanding Food, 3rd ed., is your introductory guide to learning about foods, food preparation, food service, and food science. This text is a launch to prepare you for a variety of careers in the food industry. Highly researched and comprehensive in coverage, 'Understanding Food' thoroughly explores the science of food through core material on food selection and evaluation, food safety and food chemistry. The many aspects of food service are covered including meal planning, basic food preparation, equipment, food preservation and government regulations. The final sections of the text supply food preparation, classification, composition, selection, purchasing and food storage information for a range of traditional food items. A rich illustration and photo program and unique pedagogical features help to make the information easily understandable and interesting." -- Publisher website.

Food Bites is an easy-to-read, often humorous book on the scientific basis of the foods we eat, and answers those pesky, niggling questions such as: Is the quality of beer really affected by the type of water used? and Processed foods: good or bad?.