The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical, and Culinary GuideInfobase Publishing, 2009 - 474 pages Provides the nutritional, medical, culinary, and consumer information essential to planning a good diet and properly handling food. Catalogs the physical, chemical, and medical properties of food; their benefits and hidden dangers; how foods change when they are processed or cooked; how to properly select, prepare, and store food; and much, much more. Each entry in this second edition has been revised and updated to reflect the most current information available about diet and nutrition. |
Contents
Apples | 1 |
Apricots | 5 |
Artichoke Jerusalem | 11 |
Asparagus | 13 |
Avocados | 16 |
Bananas | 20 |
Barley | 24 |
Bean Sprouts | 27 |
Mangoes | 223 |
Melons | 225 |
Milk Cultured | 228 |
Milk Fresh | 233 |
Mushrooms | 239 |
Nuts | 243 |
Oats Oatmeal | 248 |
Okra | 253 |
Beans | 30 |
Beef | 35 |
Beer | 41 |
Beets | 47 |
Blackberries | 50 |
Blueberries | 53 |
Bread | 56 |
Broccoli | 60 |
Brussels Sprouts | 65 |
Cabbage | 72 |
Carob | 77 |
Carrots | 80 |
Cauliflower | 83 |
Caviar | 86 |
Celeriac | 88 |
Celery | 90 |
Cheese | 93 |
Cherries | 99 |
Chocolate | 102 |
Coconut | 107 |
Coffee | 110 |
Corn | 116 |
Cranberries | 120 |
Cucumber | 123 |
Currants | 126 |
Dates | 128 |
Distilled Spirits | 131 |
Eggplant | 137 |
Eggs | 140 |
Figs | 146 |
Fish | 149 |
Flour | 156 |
Game Meat | 161 |
Garlic | 165 |
Gelatin | 168 |
Grapefruit | 170 |
Grapes | 174 |
Green Beans | 178 |
Greens | 181 |
Guavas | 185 |
Honey | 188 |
Kiwi Fruit | 192 |
Kohlrabi | 195 |
Lamb | 198 |
Lemons | 202 |
Lentils | 205 |
Lettuce | 209 |
Lia Beans | 214 |
Liver | 219 |
Olives | 256 |
Onions | 259 |
Oranges | 262 |
Papaya | 267 |
Parsnips | 270 |
Pasta | 273 |
Peaches | 278 |
Peanuts | 281 |
Pears | 285 |
Peas | 288 |
Peppers | 292 |
Persimmons | 296 |
Pineapple | 298 |
Plantain | 301 |
Plums | 304 |
Pomegranates | 307 |
Pork | 310 |
Potatoes | 315 |
Poultry | 319 |
Prunes | 324 |
Pumpkin | 327 |
Quinces | 330 |
Radishes | 332 |
Raisins | 335 |
Raspberries | 338 |
Rhubarb | 341 |
Rice | 344 |
Shellfish | 348 |
Soybeans | 355 |
Spinach | 361 |
Squid Calamari | 365 |
Strawberries | 369 |
Sugar | 373 |
Summer Squash | 377 |
Sweet Potatoes | 380 |
Tangerines | 383 |
Tea | 386 |
Tomatoes | 393 |
Variety Meats | 402 |
Veal | 407 |
Vegetable Oils | 412 |
Water | 416 |
Wheat Cereals | 421 |
Wine | 425 |
Winter Squash | 432 |
Appendix | 437 |
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Other editions - View all
The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical, and Culinary Guide Carol Ann Rinzler No preview available - 1999 |
The New Complete Book of Food: A Nutritional, Medical, and Culinary Guide Carol Ann Rinzler No preview available - 2009 |
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