Traditional Foods: History, Preparation, Processing and Safety (Food Engineering Series)

This work provides comprehensive coverage of the preparation, processing, marketing, safety and nutritional aspects of traditional foods across the globe. Individual chapters focus on the traditional foods of different cultures, with further chapters discussing the consumer acceptability of traditional foods as well as the laws and regulations and the sensorial factors driving the success of these foods. In addition, the integration of traditional food into tourism development plans is discussed at length. As the first publication to focus on a wide scale variety of traditional foods, including their histories and unique preparatory aspects, this is an important book for any researcher looking for a single reference work covering all of the important processing information for each major traditional food category. 

Mohammed Khalfan Al-Khusaibi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Science, at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman

Nasser Al-Habsi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Science, at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman

Mohammad Shafiur Rahman is a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Science, at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman