Food Lover's Encyclopedia

A Visual Encyclopedia of Food and Cooking



Discover the fascinating world of cuisine through a comprehensive study of its essential ingredients. This multimedia guide will explore the origin, nutritional values, and proper preparation techniques for over one thousand of your favorite foods. The Food Lover’s Encyclopedia is not a traditional “cookbook,” but a reference tool that offers the opportunity to learn about new food items and expand your knowledge of others.  Thousands of hypertext links guide you through four sections that reveal the secrets and surprises of food.

From coring apples to de-boning chicken, 60 how-to videos demonstrate professional cooking techniques. Explore the history, traditional secrets, and other fun facts for over 2,000 of your favorite foods. Also provides an in-depth nutritional analysis which will help you to better understand the value of foods we eat every day.

• 2,500 food terms explained
• 600 recipes with photos
• 2,000 gorgeous color illustrations
• 60 how-to videos demonstrate professional cooking techniques
• In-depth nutritional analysis
• Gorgeous illustrations with food glossary

• Windows 95/98, Me, 2000, XP
• Pentium 50 MHz or faster
• 16 MB RAM
• 25 MB free hard disk space
• 640x480 monitor, 256 colors (16-bit color recommended)
• Windows-compatible 16-bit sound card & speakers
• 2X or faster CD-ROM drive

• Mac OS 7–9.2, OS X Classic mode
• 68040 or faster
• 6 MB RAM
• 6 MB free hard disk space
• 640x480 monitor, 256 colors (thousands of colors recommended)
• 2X or faster CD-ROM drive