基本信息出版社：John Wiley & Sons
页码：368 页
出版日期：2003年04月
ISBN：047139842X
条形码：9780471398424
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Chef's Companion
外文书名：厨师指南 修订更新版

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The essential A—Z reference of culinary terms–concise and up-to-date

Anyone who has ever struggled to pronounce a word on a menu or wrestled with an unfamiliar recipe ingredient or cooking technique will find a true friend in this revised and updated edition of The Chef’s Companion. This indispensable culinary reference covers more than 5,000 English and foreign terms related to ingredients, cooking techniques, food preparation, wine terminology, and kitchen equipment, as well as notable figures in the history of food and gastronomy.

From Mexican adobo sauce to Italian zuppa, it offers instant fingertip access to concise definitions, correct spellings, and user-friendly pronunciation guides. The new edition includes 900 all-new terms reflecting the growing interest in wine, pastry, and ethnic cuisine, and also addresses changes in Chinese spelling and pronunciation. Packed with reliable, up-to-date information, the Companion is a valuable resource that belongs on every food lover’s bookshelf.

Elizabeth Riely (Newton Centre, MA) is a journalist and food historian whose articles have appeared in Bon Appetit, Gourmet, House & Garden, and The New York Times. She contributes regularly to The Boston Globe. Her cookbook, A Feast of Fruits, was published in 1993.
作者简介 ELIZABETH RIELY is a journalist and food historian whose articles have appeared in Bon Appétit, Gourmet, the Boston Globe, and The New York Times. She is editor of the Radcliffe Culinary Times, the newsletter of the Schlessinger Library, a contributor to Gastronomica, and the author of the cookbook A Feast of Fruits.
专业书评 The indispensable guide to over 5,000 culinary terms

Even the most international chef sometimes needs help with today’s wildly diverse cooking terminology. Now, there’s an updated and revised edition of Elizabeth Riely’s The Chef’s Companion, which professional chefs and aspiring cooks everywhere can turn to when they need quick access to concise and reliable definitions, pronunciations, correct spelling, accepted usage, and origins of culinary terms. This invaluable guide covers all the terms that chefs might use with customers and kitchen staff–in areas such as cooking techniques, food preparation, herbs and spices, varieties of food, wine, and equipment for the professional kitchen. Over 900 new terms have been added to this edition to provide expanded coverage of areas such as wine, pastry, and ethnic cuisines. The Chef’s Companion: no kitchen is complete without it.