The Visual Food Lover′s Guide: Includes essential information on how to buy, prepare and store over 1,000 types of food - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470505591 ISBN 13: 9780470505595

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

An invaluable guide on how to identify, select, prepare, and store over 1,000 types of food

Small enough to carry everywhere, but packed with information, this practical and beautifully illustrated full–color guide covers almost every type of food you will find at a supermarket, farmer′s market, and specialty food store.

The Visual Food Lover′s Guide gives you

• Information on buying, storing, and cooking every type of food
• Over 600 color illustrations to help clearly identify foods
• Nutritional facts for every ingredient
• The essentials on vegetables, legumes, grains, fish, shellfish, meat, poultry, dairy products, nuts and seeds, and herbs and spices
• A quick reference on foods as common as chicken and as exotic as kombu seaweed
• How–to photos of basic food preparation techniques such as properly cutting a pineapple, cleaning crab, and making homemade pasta

With more than 300 entries, The Visual Food Lover′s Guide is an indispensable tool for anyone who wants to know at a glance about the foods they eat and read about.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Your Handy Guide to Eating Well

What does a longan look like? What′s the best way to clean a crab? Do you know the difference between a turnip and a rutabaga? Which beef cut do T–bone and porterhouse steaks come from? How long will olive oil keep?

Get the answers to these and many more food questions in this indispen– sable, compact guide. The Visual Food Lover′s Guide includes:

• Details on almost every type of food you′ll find at a supermarket, farmers′ market or specialty food store
• Over 600 color illustrations to help you clearly identify foods
• Tips on selecting, preparing and storing every entry
• Nutritional information for every entry

From the Inside Flap

The visual food lover's guide

Includes essential information on how to buy, prepare and store over 1,000 types of food

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470505591
• ISBN 13: 9780470505595
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 616