Traditional Foods; General and Consumer Aspects is the fi rst book in the Trilogy of Traditional Foods and the eighth book in the ISEKI-Food series. The books in the trilogy are devoted to different characteristics of traditional foods. The trilogy covers general and consumer aspects, modernization of traditional foods, and functional properties of traditional foods in a total of 74 chapters written by authors from all over the world. The list of contributors in this fi rst book of the trilogy, which includes authors from China, Bulgaria, Portugal, France, Norway, Romania, and Slovakia, to name a few, shows its truly international perspective. Traditional Foods; General and Consumer Aspects is divided into six parts, with the fi rst part focusing
on general aspects.