Volume 1 of this series on Samuel Cate Prescott by the late Samuel A. Goldblith was reviewed in Food Technology (January 1994). In Volume 2, John J. Powers has assembled sections written by outstanding food scientists who have had either first-hand knowledge of or access to extensive information on their subjects. Each of the sections has references to key publications and photographs of each of the subjects taken during various phases of their lives.
Section 1 by John Powers covers the life and …