This encyclopedia of the American food business provides access to more than 5,000 industry contacts. It has been designed as a sinble source that restaurateurs, chefs, suppliers, manufacturers, writers, and designers in the USA can turn to for their day-to-day operational needs. The book includes information on new suppliers, ways to promote new products, major food companies, cookbook publishers, critics, stylists, research facilities, wineries, microbreweries and more.