This is a highly selective bibliography, containing a few books which I have found interesting or immediately useful, but with no pretensions whatever to completeness or balance.
- Allen, Betty Molesworth, Common Malaysian Fruits, Longman, Malaysia, 1965.
- Burkill, I. H., Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula, Crown Agents, 1935, reprinted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, 2 vols, Kuala Lumpur, 1966.
- Child, R., Coconuts, 2nd edn, Longman, 1974.
- Cobley, Leslie S., An Introduction to the Botany of Tropical Crops, 2nd edn, extensively revised by W. M. Steele, Longman, 1976.
- Davidson, Alan, Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos, Charles E. Tuttle, 1975.
- ——, Seafood of South-East Asia, Federal Publications, Singapore, 1977, and Macmillan, 1978.
- Departemen Pertanian, Mustika Rasa, Department of Agriculture, Jakarta, 1967.
- Ensiklopedia Indonesia, 3 vols, N. V. Penerbitan W. van Hoeve, Bandung and ’s-Gravenhage, 1956.
- Geertz, Clifford, The Religion of Java, The Free Press, 1960, and the University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Edition, 1976.
- Herklots, G. A. C., Vegetables in South-East Asia, George Allen & Unwin, 1972.
- Howes, F. N., Nuts, Faber and Faber, 1948.
- Latief, Ny. Tuty Resep Masakan Daerah, PT Bina Ilmu, 1977.
- O’Neill, Kevin, ‘Tempe—a Traditional Food for Tomorrow’, in Indonesia Circle, no. 21, March, 1980; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Ortiz, Elisabeth Lambert, Caribbean Cookery, André Deutsch, 1975, and Penguin Books, 1977.
- Pruthi, J. S., Spices and Condiments, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 1976.
- Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, History of Java (2 vols with plates), London, 1817.
- Shurtleff, William and Aoyagi Akiko, The Book of Tempeh, Harper and Row, New York, 1979.
- Simmonds, N. W., Bananas, Longmans, 1959.
- Stobart, Tom, Herbs, Spices and Flavourings, International Wine and Food Publishing Company, 1970, and Penguin Books, 1977.
- Zainuddin-Moro, Ny. Sito Nur, Nasi dan Sambal-Sambalan, PT Dian Rakyat, 1977.