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Culinary
Reference & General Information Websites BCC
Culinary Arts Program - This site outlines
the Culinary Arts Program at Brookdale and includes a link to Website
Resources for Culinary Arts students. Cook's
Thesaurus - The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia
that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries
include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested
substitutions. Culinary
Institute of America - The CIA site provides information for
prospective students, professionals, educators and cooking enthusiasts.
Epicurious:
The World's Greatest Recipe Collection-
The site includes over 15,000 recipes compiled from Gourmet and
Bon Appétit magazines from the 1990s to the present. The
site also includes a variety of reference information, including
a 4,000-word food
dictionary, a 3,500-word wine
dictionary, and a Metric
Conversion chart. Access to chef profiles, travel information,
restaurant reviews, and discussion and news groups is also provided.
Food
Network - This site provides information on the cooking shows
that air on the food network. Users have access to many recipes,
cooking demos and instructions, often with accompanying video clips.
Food
Timeline - This site, created by Lynne Oliver, a reference librarian
from New Jersey, details food and culinary history. Links to historic
menus, international
cuisine, state foods, digitized cookbooks and more are also
available. A very informative page about conducting
culinary research is also provided. Gourmet
Spot - This meta-site is sponsored and compiled by StartSpot
Network and provides links to dozens of Web resources, including
sites for recipes, beverage websites, a guide to television programs
on cooking and a list of culinary magazine websites. Center
for Food Safety - A non-profit public interest and environmental
advocacy membership organization. The organization"works to
protect human health and the environment by curbing the proliferation
of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic
and other forms of sustainable agriculture." Food
Safety Streaming Videos - From the Public Health Website of
Seattle and King's County, these streaming videos cover a variety
of food safety topics. Although some include Washington state-specific
material, most are general and applicable nationwide. Real Player
is required to view streaming video and high-speed Internet connection
is recommended. Food Service Warehouse: Health and Safety in Your Commercial Kitchen - A series of articles about product safety and public health as related to the commercial kitchen. International
Food Information Council - This searchable
site of the IFIC Foundation provides food safety and nutrition information.
The Students
section section of the site provides access to a variety of
educational publications, which can be downloaded and printed for
free. ServSafe - The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling the educational mission of the National Restaurant Association. The NRAEF focuses on food safety and responsible alcohol service through risk management programs: ServSafe® Food Safety Certification program - the most widely accepted food safety program among local, state and federal health departments, and ServSafe AlcoholTM Responsible Alcohol Service Training program - a practical and comprehensive approach to responsible alcohol service training for all front-of-the-house staff.
Nutrition.gov
- This site provides access to a variety of government-sponsored
resources and information on nutrition, food safety, and figures
for American food consumption. The site also provides links to related
government websites on fitness and disease prevention. USDA
Food & Nutrition Service - This government site provides
information on national hunger prevention programs. USDA
Nutrient Database - This government-sponsored site allows for
simple keyword searches and provides basic nutritional values of
a variety of foods.
Cooking.com
- The Recipes section of this site provides access to
recipes and cooking tips. The site allows users to do basic or advanced
searches for recipes. Recipes are also browsable by course, cuisine,
ingredient and more. Feeding
America: The Historic American Cookbook Project - This site
contains digitized versions of 76 "of the most influential
and important American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th
century". Images and text are available. The site also includes
biographies of the cookbooks' authors, a glossary of terms found
in the books and more. Be sure to take the video tour of the site
and its features. Meals
for You - This site offers free access to over 8,000 recipes.
Users can use basic or advanced searching for recipes, as well as
a variety of browsing options. This site also provides cooking tips,
meal plans, health guides and more. Recipe
Source - Formerly called SOAR, this site provides access to
approximately 70,000 recipes! The recipes are organized by
ethnic affiliation or type of dish. Recipes can be searched and
browsed. This is one of the best recipe sites available. Whole
Foods Market: Recipes - This site provides many recipes in a
variety of categories. Browsing is easy, but searching is also an
option. Many recipes contain nutritional information. Famous
Chefs A&E's
Biography Channel Website - This searchable site contains brief
biographies on a number of well-known chefs, and often provides
links to their websites. BBC
Food: Chef Biographies - This site provides brief chef biographies
for over 40 celebrity chefs, with related links to recipes and BBC
food programs. Epicurious
Chef Profiles - The Chef Profiles section of this site
provides brief profiles or interviews with about 20 famous chefs.
Related links (for recipes, cookbooks, etc.) are provided with each
feature. Food
Network: Celebrity Chefs- This section of the site provides
biographical information about chefs whose programs appear on the
Food Network. Great
Food: Chefs - This PBS series features celebrated chefs from
around the world. While there is not an extensive listing of chefs
here, the information is reliable. Descriptions of the episodes
are also included, as are a few free recipes and a metric conversion
chart. Meet
the Chefs - This is a section of the Web site for the PBS program:
Julia Child: Lessons with Master Chefs. There are quite a
few chefs profiled here. Although many of the profiles are fairly
brief, the information is reliable. Most chef profiles also include
"Prime Video Cuts" of the chef at work. Star
Chefs - The Chefs section of this site provides access
to profiles of many chefs, pastry chefs, cookbook authors and rising
stars. Links to chefs' recipes are often provided. Other sections
of this site include
jobs, culinary
schools, recipes,
wine
and more. Burt
Wolf's What We Eat -
This site provides links to information from different segments
of the 13-part PBS series, What We Eat, which "looks
at how Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors changed
what people ate, and how that fundamental shift changed almost everything
on our planet." Topics include specific foods as well as specific
regions of the world including Africa and the Mediterranean. Key
Ingredients: America by Food - This site is "the online
educational companion to the Smithsonian Institution's traveling
exhibition, Key Ingredients: America by Food, and it explores
the two ingredients that are key to American cuisine – regional
traditions and international influences." A section of the
site entitled, 500
Years of Food focuses on the history of food in North America
with an emphasis on different regions of the country. (This sectionof
the site requires the Flash 6 player.) This overall site is a great
resource for regional food & cooking information, international
influences on North American cooking, and the history of food in
North America. The
World Wide Gourmet: USA - The USA section of this site
provides access to recipes and information pertaining to regional
areas, from coast to coast, of the United States. Holiday traditions
in the United States are also explored. International
& Ethnic Cuisine The
Epicenter - This site provides access to recipes and destination
information about Asia, Australia, India, Mexico and the Mediterranean.
The site's homepage provides links to a variety of reference information
as well. Global
Gourmet - The Destinations section of this site provides
links to over 30 countries. Each profile includes background information
and common foods. Most profiles also include links to recipes associated
with that country's or region's cuisine. The entire site can be
searched for additional information about a country as well. Jewish
Cooking in America with Joan Nathan - This is a site affiliated
with a PBS program of the same name. It provides access to recipes,
historical
facts, and program information. Recipe
Source - Formerly called SOAR, this site provides access to
approximately 70,000 recipes! Many of these recipes address
international or ethnic cuisine. The recipes are organized by ethnic
affiliation. Users can also search the site for specific recipes.
This is one of the best recipe sites available. What
We Eat: Africa - This is one segment of the 13-part PBS
series by Burt Wolf entitled, What We Eat. The pdf document
is several pages and addresses African influences on North American
cooking and eating. The document also includes information about
additional resources for further research. What
We Eat: The Mediterranean - This is one segment of the 13-part
PBS series by Burt Wolf entitled, What We Eat. The pdf document
is several pages and addresses Mediterranean influences on North
American cooking and eating. The document also includes information
about additional resources for further research. World
Wide Gourmet: Countries - The Countries section of this
site provides links to culinary country profiles, including recipes,
for 45 countries and their regions . Tastings
- This is the site of the Beverage Tasting Institute, an organization
founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial
wine reviews for consumers. The site provides some information about
beer and spirits, but primarily focuses on wine. Users can access
a food and wine matching guide, wine reviews, a wine dictionary
and more. The site provides the ability to search for wine, beer
and spirits as well. Wines
of France - This commercial site, designed to increase awareness
of French food and wine, provides access to a wealth of information,
including information about wine
growing regions and grape varieties, understanding
wine labels, and pairing
food and wine (including a section on pairing wine with international
cuisine.) A wine
glossary and other reference information is also available. Wine
& Spirits Magazine - This is a subscription-based site,
so not all of the information is freely available. However, the
"Recommendations" section of the site provides free access
to Wines of the Week, The Year's Best, and Wine
Values. (Each of these sections include archived selections
as well.) Culinary
Periodicals Online Better Homes & Gardens: Food & Recipes - http://www.bhg.com/bhg/food/index.jhtml Bon Appetite - http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/ Cooking Light - http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/ Cook's Illustrated - http://www.cooksillustrated.com/ Epicurious - http://www.epicurious.com/ Fine Cooking - http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/index.asp Food History News - http://foodhistorynews.com/ Gourmet - http://www.epicurious.com/gourmet/ Nation's Restaurant News - http://www.nrn.com/ Vegetarian Times - http://www.vegetariantimes.com/ |
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