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The Oxford Companion to Food Thomas M. Kostigen Alex Cross is on theTwenty years in the making, here is the long awaited magnum opus from one of the world's great authorities on the history and use of food. This Companion is packed with 2,650 delightfully written A Z entries including 39 feature articles on staple foods the vast majority penned by therenowned Alan Davidson, with additional articles by over fifty specialists from as far afield as the Philippines, Norway, and Australia. The coverage is spectacular, with