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Second edition available from MOBIUS. Click book title link (above) and request. Webster University Library owns the first edition; the second is significantly updated.
The Complete Language of Food blends the realms of food and folklore in a beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of ingredients, including for each entry the food's unique properties and the facts and folklore behind its use.
Summary "A Cultural History of Food presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers nearly 3,000 years of food and its physical, spiritual, social and cultural dimensions."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects Food habits -- History.
Food -- Social aspects -- History.