Table of Contents
Of Flora, Fauna and Food1 Foodstuffs: Classes and Categories
2 Items and Ingredients from the Plant World
3 Items and Ingredients from the Animal World
4 Fishing, Farming and Food Production
Dainty Dishes and Choice Cuisine
5 A Cornucopia of Culinary Treats from the English-speaking World
6 A Cornucopia of Culinary Treats from the Rest of the World
What's Cooking?
7 Culinary Arts and Artisans
8 Tasting Notes: Flavour, Freshness (and so forth)
Something to Digest
9 The Physiology of Consumption
10 Food Science and Nutrition
You Aare What You Eat
11 Dietary Regimes and Feeding Routines
12 Picas, Phagias and Other Perverted Appetites
13 Eat or Be Eaten: Nature’s Food Chain
Whet Your Appetite
14 Feast: Gluttony and Greed
15 Fast: Denial and Disgust
16 Famine: Hunger and Starvation
Catering for Every Taste
17 Supplying, Selling and Serving
18 Kitchen and Table
Come Dine with Me
19 Dinners: Making a Meal of It
20 Dining: Gastronomy and Gustation
21 Diners: A Glossary of Gourmets and Gourmands