Understanding Food: Principles and Preparation

by Amy Christine Brown

UNDERSTANDING FOOD: PRINCIPLES AND PREPARATION is your introductory guide to food, food preparation, food service and food science. Integrating these key topics with relevant information about nutrition and the food industry, this best-selling text gives you a thorough overview of the different dimensions of food principles and insight into the variety of career options available in the food industry. Numerous photographs and illustrations help you understand and apply what you read, and the sixth edition is now available with MindTap Nutrition--a digital learning platform that lets you learn how, when and where you want--even on your mobile! With features like self-assessments, pop-up tutors, videos and an interactive ebook, MindTap Nutrition makes studying a breeze.

Genres: Textbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking, Food

704 pages, Hardcover

First published December 3, 1999

Reviews

[Paige M Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

It helped understand the background science of dishes and their ingredients and helps me out alot in my business.

[Elisabeth White Shirley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did I read the whole thing? No but it was very useful for my lab reports!

[Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

McGill, NUTR 214 + 217 - Food Fundamentals. A detailed guide to understand different groups of food. More for a personal interest.

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now I didn't read the whole thing of course, this was for a class at BYU-Idaho.