The Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America / Andrew F. Smith, editor in chief.

"Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink. Professor of Culinary History Andrew Smith and nearly 200 authors bring together in 770 entries the scholarship on wide-ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Andrew F., 1946-
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Food > Dictionaries.
Cooking, American > Dictionaries.
Beverages > Dictionaries.
Genre:
Dictionaries.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Book Plate: MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Beatrice V. Grant Endowment Fund. (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Beatrice V. Grant Endowment Fund.
Physical Description:2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Food and drink in America.
Format: Book
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Review:
"Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink. Professor of Culinary History Andrew Smith and nearly 200 authors bring together in 770 entries the scholarship on wide-ranging topics from airline and funeral food to fad diets and fast food; drinks like lemonade, Kool-Aid, and Tang; foodstuffs like Jell-O, Twinkies, and Spam; and Dagwood, hoagie, and Sloppy Joe sandwiches."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Call Number:TX349 .E45 2004
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195154371 (set)
0195175514 (vol. 1 : alk. paper)
0195175522 (vol. 2 : alk. paper)