A review of the impact of preparation and cooking on the nutritional quality of vegetables and legumes

That advance was a major turning point in human history, as farming fed people more reliably than hunting wild game and gathering wild plants, though farming was hardly easy or without risk in its early days. It also had a major impact on the development of cooking. The present paper aims at providing an overview of the existing knowledge of consumer valuation of food safety and quality in meat.

• Table 5 provides a summary of the main cooking methods and the effect they