'Oils & Vinegars' is a comprehensive guide to two essential culinary ingredients. It follows the history and production of the many varieties, their manifold uses and meteoric rise to become the kitchen and restaurant essentials of the 90s.
Olive Oil...The story of olives; olive oil production and the national industries involved; health properties; how it is used and incorporated in diets around the world.
Other Oils...Covers the broad spectrum of oils available, from sunflower to sesame seed oil; avocado to walnut oil and vegetable to fruit oil.
Oils around the House...Their culinary uses for preserving and cooking; flavoured oils; cosmetic qualities; household uses.
Vinegars...A look at the wide variety produced, from wine to cider vinegar and from balsamic to rice vinegar.
Vinegars around the House...Vinegar for health; cosmetic qualities; household uses, and the combinations of oils and vinegars.
Contains 90 full colour photographs.
