Wikipedia
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in AmericaCovers the significant events, inventions, and social movements in American history that have affected the way Americans view, prepare, and consume food and drink
- Dictionary of Food and NutritionCovers all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health; explains even the most technical of nutritional terms.
- Cambridge World History of FoodCSB TX353 .C255 2000
- Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology, and NutritionCSB TX 349 .E47 1993
Search Reference Collections
Credo, Gale, and Oxford offer reference collections that let you cross-search many dictionaries and encyclopedias at once!
- CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. from a variety of sources.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Online reference works from a variety of publishers.
- Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Reference books by Oxford University Press, including the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.