Product Overview
From Follett
Includes index. Provides information on the history, chemistry, and techniques of food preservation, looks at various methods of processing, and includes recipes for relishes, pickles, chutneys, and sauces.
From the Publisher
More than just a cookbook, this informative guide to food-preservation techniques discusses methods such as fermentation, curing, pickling, and canning, along with related information from allied fields of knowledge. Specifically designed for ease of use by anyone-homemaker or professional chef and everyone in between- this encyclopedic handbook explores how food preservation has greatly impacted human survival. Full of techniques, tips, and enthusiasm for pickling, recipes include a variety of chutneys and sauces as well as pickles and relishes.