The Visual Food Lover's Guide: Includes essential information on how to buy prepare and store over 1 000 types of food

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An invaluable guide on how to identify select prepare and store over 1 000 types of food Small enough to carry everywhere but packed with information this practical and beautifully illustrated full-color guide covers almost every type of food you will find at a supermarket farmers market and specialty food store. The Visual Food Lovers Guide gives you Information on buying storing and cooking every type of food Over 600 color illustrations to help clearly identify foods Nutritional facts for every ingredient The essentials on vegetables legumes grains fish shellfish meat poultry dairy products nuts and seeds and herbs and spices A quick reference on foods as common as chicken and as exotic as kombu seaweed How-to photos of basic food preparation techniques such as properly cutting a pineapple cleaning crab and making homemade pasta With more than 300 entries The Visual Food Lovers Guide is an indispensable tool for anyone who wants to know at a glance about the foods they eat and read about.