The New Food Lover's Companion, Fourth Edition

830 Pages·2007·3.26 MB·English

by  Sharon Tyler Herbst

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3577-4
ISBN-10: 0-7641-3577-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006100742
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Herbst, Sharon Tyler.
The new food lover’s companion / Sharon Tyler Herbst, Ron
Herbst.—4th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3577-4
ISBN-10: 0-7641-3577-5
1. Food—Dictionaries. 2. Cookery—Dictionaries. I. Herbst,
Ron. II. Title.
TX349.H533 2007
641’.03—dc22
641’.03—dc22
2006100742
CIP
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
9 8 7 6 5
CONTENTS
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Pronunciation Guide
Terms
Appendix
Ingredient Equivalents
Substituting Ingredients
Pan Substitution Chart
High-Altitude Baking Adjustments
Boiling Point of Water at Various Altitudes
General Temperature Equivalents
Hand Test for Grilling Temperatures
Oven Temperatures
Fahrenheit/Celsius Conversion Formulas
Microwave Oven Conversion Chart
Recommended Safe Cooking Temperatures
Candymaking Cold-Water Tests
Frying Temperatures
Smoke Points of Popular Oils
Fatty Acid Profiles of Popular Oils
U.S. Measurement Equivalents
Wine and Spirit Bottle Sizes
Approximate Metric Equivalents
Metric Conversion Formulas
Food Guide Pyramid
Food Label Terms
A Guide to Food Labels
Pasta Glossary
British and American Food and Cooking Terms
Seasoning Suggestions
Meat Charts
Food Additives Directory
Bibliography
About the Authors
Dedication
Dedicated with love to Sharon, who enriched and brightened so
many lives when she entered them—especially mine. Your love
of and dedication to this book was amazing. I will miss you.
Ron
Acknowledgments
There are myriad people behind the scenes in a tome of this
scope—some trying to make sure the book’s as error-free as
possible, others simply there because they love and support us.
So here’s a warm and affectionate thanks to all those special
people, with apologies to anyone we may have inadvertently
omitted.
Kay Tyler (Sharon’s mom) and Jim and Tia McCurdy (Sharon’s
brother-in-law and sister) and Lew and Joyce Herbst (Ron’s
brother and sister-in-law) for their lasting love and support.
For their special friendship throughout the years: Sue and
Gene Bain, Sally Bernstein, Leslie and David Bloom, Walt and
Carol Boice, Beth Casey, Phillip Cooke, Lisa Ekus, Lee and
Susan Janvrin, Daniel Maye, Emma Swain and Wes Jones, and
Glenn and Laura Miwa.
To those who have either been a major part of our support
system over the years, or who contributed suggestions for
additions to this fourth edition, including: Oscar Anderson, Ed
Bamberger, Christian Randolph Britt, Gary Danko, Gwyneth
Doland, Ralph Ewton, John Ferrell, Marvis Garland, Julie and
Ron Goodlin, Patricia Hill, Holly Hartley, Barry and Kathy
Herbst, Brian and Gabe Herbst, Ruth and Phil Hicks, Paul
Herbst, Brian and Gabe Herbst, Ruth and Phil Hicks, Paul
Jones, Brian Maynard, Karen Miltner, Cindy Pawlceyn, Fred
Read, Marie Simmons, Elizabeth Cawdry Thomas, Terri
Wuerthner and Andrea Zukor. Many thanks again to Glenn
Miwa for his help with Japanese pronunciations.
Also a special thanks to those who surrounded us with love and
support these last few years as we went through some trying
times, especially Ron and Sara Ryba, Greg Rockwell, Linda
Gomez, Catherine Mitsuoka, Bruce Mishler, Kevin and Tania
Scheer, Anne Bennett, Bonnie Castello, Ruth and Phil Hicks,
Cathy Tennant, Ginny Bassi, Floranne Fanti, Mary O’Hara-
Devereaux, Huges Andrus, George and Susan Williamson, Bob
and Jan Fisher, Shay and Alice Pickton, Jim and Jackie Smith
and Paul and Ellen Meuse.
And last, but certainly far from least, the incredibly hard-
working crew at Barron’s: Pat Hunter, guiding light and editor
extraordinaire; Bob O’Sullivan, wise and wonderful editorial
manager; Chris Ciaschini, production director; Bill Kuchler, art
director; and the myriad behind-the-scenes people involved in
the artwork, layout, printing and everything else it takes to
bring a book of this magnitude together.
Thank you one and all!
Introduction
“People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry
and unloving and don’t have a real gusto for life.”
—Julia Child
We’ll make this as short and sweet as possible. This is, after all,
the fourth edition of a book Sharon began writing more than
nineteen years ago.
We look back in wonder remembering how daunting a task it
seemed to be as Sharon began writing the first Food Lover’s
Companion, a tome that took three years to complete. But what
an enlightening educational adventure it was. And how lucky
she was to be able to combine her two major passions—-words
and food. Writing the second, the third and now the fourth
edition of Food Lover’s Companion has been equally as
satisfying as writing the first, with only one regret—-each time
the writing had to end!
The response from you, dear reader, has been overwhelmingly
enthusiastic and warm, which tells us that you love this
continually evolving culinary universe as much as we do. You’ll
find this fourth edition of Food Lover’s Companion markedly
changed. Not only have we appended or revised many of the
existing terms, but we increased the listings to almost 6,700.
Sprinkled throughout this book are thousands of informative
tidbits ranging from facts on how to choose, store and use
ingredients to the origins of various foods and dishes to
historical lore on food and drink. There are also pronunciations
for all but the most basic words.
Ron, the primary author of The New Wine Lover’s Companion,