11-Jan-2012 - Food Stuff: The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference

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Every so often publishers issue kitchen guides with definitions, nfl headset measurements, conversion tables and the like. The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference is crammed with an unusual amount of information, organized alphabetically from “absinthe” to “zwieback.” The author, Barbara Ann Kipfer, is a seasoned lexicographer, and it shows. Search for “chicken,” and you’ll find two pages of tips and a list of 50 chicken breeds. The shrimp entry jerseys cheap decodes size grading, and for meringue, four varieties are defined. The book is a voyage of discovery, with useful information and fascinating trivia on every page. The first few pages list smoke points for various oils, and measurements, yields and equivalents for many foods. In one puzzling choice, though, the book provides NFL jerseys wholesale weights and measures for medium-size eggs, not the large ones that most recipes require. The Culinarian: A Kitchen Desk Reference, by Barbara Ann Kipfer (Wiley, 19.99).

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