Since the discovery of tea as a beverage nearly 5,000 years ago, hundreds of different brews have been perfected, and tea lovers have flourished in nearly every country on Earth. This book is the ultimate connoisseur's guide to tea types, histories, legends, and lore, tea brands throughout the world, retail and mail-order tea companies, and more. Photos, many in color.

"Essential for anyone who talks, eats, or thinks about food." —Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times The New Food Lover's Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals. This widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world, taking into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates, including: Over 500 new cultural listings, including Korean, Persian, and South American additions Definitions and explanations for cooking tools and techniques A microwave oven conversion chart An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts Suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients Among the myriad of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining—a veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie. The New Food Lover's Companion is a reference guide—not a cookbook—but it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks. More than 7,200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work. "As thick and satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich." —The New York Times

From Italian gelati to fresh fruit sorbet to creamy non-dairy desserts and the traditional ice cream delights, this book offers readers exceptional and effortless recipes for a variety of frozen treats. Illustrations.

Based on B.E.S. popular and authoritative The New Food Lover's Companion, this enlarged and enhanced reference volume was written for discerning home chefs and everybody else who wants to become more knowledgeable about good food and elegant dining. This second edition has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world. The authors have taken into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates to include: More than 500 new listings, including entries relating to Indian and Southeast Asian ingredients, plus expanded coverage of South American, Hispanic, and Middle Eastern cuisines Updated information for hundreds of existing entries A blood alcohol concentration chart for men and women An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts Department of Agriculture recommendations for a 2,000 calorie per day food plan More than 7200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work. Miniature glossaries are interspersed throughout the text. Sidebar features throughout the book offer quick tips on food purchases, as well as Fast Facts and advice on preparation, serving, and dining. Handy appendices cover many topics including suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients, a microwave oven conversion chart, recommended safe cooking temperatures for meats and fish, and much more! The deluxe hardcover binding with dust jacket includes a ribbon place marker and golden-tipped page edges, making this gorgeous book as much a showpiece as it is an indispensable reference.

Nowhere is America's rich ethnic and cultural diversity more apparent than in its restaurants. Every city and region of the United States has a unique cultural heritage - whether it's Cuban, Thai, Spanish, Italian, Indian, French or German - reflected in its dining choices. So what do you order in an ethnic restaurant, and how do you eat? The Ethnic Food Lover's Companion provides all the information you need to make every ethnic dining experience a pleasant and memorable one. In this book you will find information about what to expect in any type of ethnic restaurant; detail profiles of each ethnic cuisine, including key ingredients, spices and methods of preparation; cultural tips to put you at ease with the customs and etiquette of each cuisine; representative dishes of each cuisine defined and described; recommended complete meals from appetizer through dessert and easy recipes you can prepare at home.

Like a great cup of tea, bestselling author Emilie Barnes' devotions infuse a woman's day with comfort, delight, and inspiration. This selection of devotions from Emilie's "Minute Meditations" is accented by sidebars overflowing with recipes, interesting facts, and ways to savor tea. Emilie's writings lead readers to draw closer to God's heart celebrate the simple joys of daily living spend time honoring friendships discover how their unique gifts are meant to be shared express hospitality to family and to others Tea lovers and women looking for spiritual refreshment will be drawn to all this collection offers. This padded hardcover looks great on the coffee table and will become a favorite hostess gift or present for any occasion celebrating friends, mothers, sisters, and mentors.

Includes good writing (excerpts, quotes, maxims, poems, etc.) about food by M.F.K. Fisher, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Voltaire, Euell Gibbons, Auguste Escoffier, James Beard, Guy de Maupassant, Madhur Jaffrey, Simone Beck, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Frank, Oscar Wilde, Anton Chekhov, George Orwell, Willa Cather, Marcella Hazan, Marcel Proust, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Herman Melville, Chef Louis Diat, Ovid, John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolf, Ralph Ellison, Julia Child, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Woody Allen, Craig Claiborne, etc. Also includes information on peas, oysters, fish, mushrooms, wild boar, Trinidad, picnics, Himalayas, dining car, hunger, soup line, Oregon Trail, Mutiny on the Bounty, beans, prison diet, pressed duck, awarding of the stars, Antarctica, bread, Southern fried chicken, Fannie Farmer, medieval chefs, Crepes Suzette, sauce, Troisgros Pere, goose, setting the table, Andrew Jackson, Virginia hospitality, caviar, butter, bride cake, breakfast, snails, garlic, cocoa, bouillabaisse, marrowbone, beer, hoppinʼ john, rice, apple pie, hamburgers, cheeses, crème vichyssoise, toast melba, Caesar salad, cereal, lobster, roast buffalo, Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, etc.