The last twenty years have seen a burgeoning of social scientific and historical research on food. The field has drawn in experts to investigate topics such as: the way globalisation affects the food supply; what cookery books can (and cannot) tell us; changing understandings of famine; the social meanings of meals - and many more. Now sufficiently extensive to require a critical overview, this is the first handbook of specially commissioned essays to provide a tour d'horizon of this broad range of topics and disciplines. The editors have enlisted eminent researchers across the social sciences to illustrate the debates, concepts and analytic approaches of this widely diverse and dynamic field. This volume will be essential reading, a ready-to-hand reference book surveying the state of the art for anyone involved in, and actively concerned about research on the social, political, economic, psychological, geographic and historical aspects of food. It will cater for all who need to be informed of research that has been done and that is being done, as well as pointing them towards what should be done and, above all, illustrating what counts as research well done. history.

Product Description: Advances in Food and Nutrition Research recognizes the integral relationship between the food and nutritional sciences, bringing together outstanding and comprehensive reviews that highlight this relationship. The book contains contributions that detail scientific developments in the broad areas of food science and nutrition, providing those in academia and industry with the latest information on emerging research in these constantly evolving sciences...read more

Product Description: Culinology: The Intersection of Culinary Art and Food Science will demonstrate how the disciplines of culinary arts and food science work hand in hand in the research and development of new manufactured food products for the commercial, retail, and foodservice industries...read more

Product Description: The Meaty Truth is an eye-opening look at the massive problems caused by the American population’s food supply. Water, meat, and milk and other dairy products are filled with toxins, antibiotics, untested growth hormones, ammonia, and animal pus and manure...read more

Product Description: Headspace gas analysis is an analytical technique that has been successfully applied to food flavors for over 20 years but has experienced a resurgence of interest and innovation in recent years. In its truest form, headspace analysis represents the direct collection and analysis of the mixture of vapors in the space immediately above a food or beverage...read more

Product Description: Water is recognized as being an important factor in numerous pheno­ mena connected with the quality of food. For instance, it plays a part in the textural properties of several commodities. Moreover, water is an essential parameter determining the behaviour of food products in the course of many processing operations : on water, will depend the amount of energy necessary for freezing or dehydrating the product; water will strongly influence the evolution of physical, chemical and biochemical phenomena taking place in the product during processing operations such as heating, drying, etc...read more

Product Description: Extrusion cooking is a specialist area of food technology because of the complexity of the interactive effects which are inherent in the system. General predictive modelling is very difficult because ingredients are diverse and can vary considerably...read more

Product Description: During the past thirty years, companies have recognized the consumer as the key driver for business and product success. This recognition has, in turn, generated its own drivers: sensory analysis and marketing research, leading first to a culture promoting the expert and then evolving into the systematic acquisition of consumer-relevant information to build businesses...read more

Product Description: For food scientists, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a powerful tool for product composition testing and assuring product quality. Since the last edition of this volume was published, great strides have been made in HPLC analysis techniques―with particular attention given to miniaturization, automatization, and green chemistry...read more

An introduction to the world of food science, offering an understanding of the complexities of food from chemistry and physics perspectives. The book guides readers through difficult concepts, enabling them to apply principles and practices in their work. This edition has been completely revised.

Product Description: This new edition of a best-selling text in food product development provides a comprehensive overview of the new food product development process. Stages of development are described in detail, beginning with sources of ideas, then moving through development, final screening, and introduction into the marketplace...read more

Product Description: This laboratory manual was written to accompany Food Analysis, Third Edition, ISBN 0-306-47495-6, by the same author. The 19 laboratory exercises in the manual cover 19 of the 32 chapters in the textbook. Many of the laboratory exercises have multiple sections to cover several methods of analysis for a particular food component of characteristic...read more

From Maine to Arizona, and back again, Margaret and Karl and their dog, Godfrey, travel across America in search of green pastures, simple tradition, and the perfect goat cheese.

Product Description: Describes the requirements, education, and duties associated with becoming a food scientist. Includes profiles of prominent pioneers in food science.

Product Description: This study identifies gender- and age-specific production patterns. The book examines the combination of time use data, input-output analysis, and material balances which allow for the simultaneous consideration of women's and men's working time and their contributions to GDP, household production, and CO2 emissions...read more

Product Description: If you want to eat healthier and make smarter choices when you shop, you’ll want to use this comprehensive guide to listings of nutritional facts for more than 7,000 popular foods. Written by a registered dietitian, it contains food listings for everything from fast-food chains to prepackaged foods...read more

Product Description: Updated to reflect changes in the industry during the last ten years, The Handbook of Food Analysis, Third Edition covers the new analysis systems, optimization of existing techniques, and automation and miniaturization methods. Under the editorial guidance of food science pioneer Leo M...read more