Use dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases and handbooks to find background information, definitions, data, and more. Helpful for choosing a topic, narrowing or expanding a topic, and identifying terminology.
A Cultural History of Food
The Cambridge World History of Food
Food History Almanac : over 1,300 years of world culinary history, culture, and social influence
Countries and Their Cultures
Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
World Food
Food and Culture Around the World by 
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