- *Un Histoire de la Cuisine Française Par L'Anecdote* (1972)
- *Paris, Le Ventre De La Ville* (1974)
- *La Cuisine Italienne* (1975)
- *The Taste of France* (1977)
- *The Cooking of South-West France* (1979)
- *Un Histoire de la Cuisine Française* (1980)
- *L'Histoire de la Cuisine Ancienne et Moderne* (1980)
- *The Best of French Cooking* (1981)
- *Histoire Naturelle et Morale de la Nourriture* (1987)
- *A History of Food* (1992)
- *The Encyclopedia of Mediterranean Cooking* (1993)
- *The Hamlyn All Colour Cookery Book* (1994)
- *The New Book of Middle Eastern Food* (1995)
- *The Encyclopedia of Asian Cooking* (1996)
- *Cuisine: Encyclopedie Internationale* (1997)
- *The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook** (1998)
- *The World Encyclopedia of Food* (1999)
- *Food: A Cultural History* (2000)
- *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Food and Cooking* (2001)
- *The World Atlas of Food* (2002)
- *The New Complete Book of Food* (2003)
- *The Oxford Companion to Food* (2006)
- *The Book of Chocolate* (2008)
- *The History of Food* (2009)
- *The Food of France* (2011)
Essays and articles
- "The History of Food" in The Oxford Companion to Food, ed. Alan Davidson (1999)
- "Food and Culture" in The Cambridge World History of Food, ed. Kenneth F. Kiple and Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas (2000)
- "The History of Chocolate" in The Book of Chocolate, ed. Demetrious Papalexiou (2008)
- "The History of Food" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, ed. Andrew F. Smith (2013)
- "Food and Culture" in The Cambridge World History of Food, ed. Kenneth F. Kiple and Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas (2014)
- "The History of Chocolate" in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Chocolate, ed. Sarah Raup Jones and Rachel E. Black (2017)