Food Lover’s Companion
Fourth Edition cover
Author	Sharon Tyler Herbst and Ron Herbst
Country	United States
Series	Barron's Cooking Guide
Publisher	Barron's Educational Series
Publication date	1990 – 2007 (4th)
Media type	trade paperback
Pages	830 (4th)
ISBN	0-7641-3577-5 (4th)

The New Food Lover’s Companion—currently in its Fourth Edition—is a seminal work in the culinary field. The book defines over 6,700 culinary terms in its 830 pages, along with numerous conversion tables. Each edition is a significant expansion on the previous edition in number of entries and the coverage of the various appendices.

The main section of the work is an A-to-Z list of defined culinary terminology, followed by a series of appendices.

Edition details

Edition	Published	ISBN	Pages	Entries
First	January 1990	0-8120-4156-9	582	Over 3,000
Second	January 1995	0-8120-1520-7	600	Over 4,000
Third	March 2001	0-7641-1258-9	792	Nearly 6,000
Fourth	August 2007	0-7641-3577-5	830	Over 6,700

The Second Edition is a searchable source text at Epicurious, and the Third Edition is a searchable source text at Answers.com.

Sharon Tyler Herbst—the primary author—wrote 16 food and beverage related books before her death on January 26, 2007. Her husband Ron—who writes about wine and cheese—finished editing the Fourth Edition after her death and is credited as the coauthor.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Fourth edition appendices 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Reception

Bon Appetit hailed the book as “one of the best reference books we’ve seen, a must for every cook’s library”, and the New York Times described it “As thick and as satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich”.^[1]

Famous chef Emeril Lagasse called it his favorite book,^[2] and it is required reading at the New England Culinary Institute.

[edit] Fourth edition appendices

• Ingredient Equivalents – Weight to volume conversions
• Substituting Ingredients
• Pan Substitution Chart
• High-Altitude Baking Adjustments
• Boiling Point of Water at Various Altitudes
• General Temperature Equivalents
• Hand Test for Grilling Temperatures
• Oven Temperatures
• Fahrenheit/Celsius Conversion Formulas
• Microwave Oven Conversion Chart
• Recommended Safe Cooking Temperatures
• Candymaking Cold-Water Tests
• Frying Temperatures
• Smoke Points of Popular Oils
• Fatty Acid Profiles of Popular Oils
• U.S. Measurement Equivalents
• Wine and Spirit Bottle Sizes
• Approximate Metric Equivalents
• Metric Conversion Formulas
• Food Guide Pyramid
• What's a Serving?
• Food Label Terms
• A Guide to Food Labels
• Pasta Glossary
• British and American Food and Cooking Terms
• Seasoning Suggestions
• Meat Charts
• Food Additives Directory

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Back cover of the Third and Fourth Editions.
2. ^ Konrad, Rachel (January 29, 2007). "Cookbook author and foodie favorite Sharon Tyler Herbst dies". Associated Press. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2007/01/29/state/n193855S63.DTL. Retrieved 2007-02-17. 

[edit] External links

• Food Lover’s Companion, 2nd Ed. at Epicurious.
• Food Lover’s Companion, 3rd Ed. at Answers.com.