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The Visual Food Encyclopedia: The Definitive Practical Guide to Food and Cooking

With images so clear and richly colored that readers will want to eat the food right off the pages, The Visual Food Encyclopedia is an invaluable kitchen companion, illustrating and explaining everything other cookbooks assume cooks already know. The book's no-nonsense approach tells how to look for freshness, how to store various types of foods, and the best methods of preparation and cooking for 1,000 different types of foods. 1,250 color illustrations.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 685 pages

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