''Food Lover’s Companion'' is a book containing culinary terminology and conversion tables for cooking. Five editions have been published as of 2019. The main section of the work is an A-to-Z list of defined culinary terminology, followed by a series of appendices. The Second Edition is a searchable source text at

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, and the Third Edition is a searchable source text at

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

Reception

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'' hailed the book as "one of the best reference books we’ve seen, a must for every cook’s library", and ''

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'' described it "As thick and as satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich". Famous chef Emeril Lagasse called it his favorite book, and it is required reading at the

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Deluxe edition

After the 2007 edition was published, Ron Herbst and the staff of

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drastically reorganized the book, breaking out much of the material into specialized glossaries on subjects like chocolate, liqueurs, charcuterie, and spices. This edition was published in hardcover as ''The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion'' and included a marker ribbon bound into the spine. The 2013 fifth edition received a similar treatment in April 2015.

Fourth edition appendices

In the deluxe editions, some of these have been folded into the glossary sections. * 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

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Deluxe edition

Fourth edition appendices

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