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Internet Resources

Amazon Restaurant Menus
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/913908/102-4086815-3980150
Full-text menus searchable by item and restaurant location.

Culinary Cafe
http://www.culinarycafe.com/
Provides recipes, cooking and baking tips, and a bulletin board.

Culinary History Timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org/food1.html
Links to social history, manners & menus websites from Morris County Library in New Jersey.

Epicurious
http://eat.epicurious.com/
Includes recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit, wine guide, articles, etiquette guide, technique videos, restaraunt guide and more.

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/

Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Access to hundreds of consumer education materials that can be viewed online or ordered in print. Food topics include fiber, food preservatives, eating to lower blood pressure, nutrition concerns of aging, and food safety. Health topics include some nutrional information.

The Food Timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.org/
Links to food history and period recipes websites from Morris County Library in New Jersey.

GlobalGourmet
http://www.globalgourmet.com/
Information about wine and fine dining.

Internet Food Channel
http://www.foodchannel.com/
Nutrition, recipes, and other information about food.

KitchenLink
http://www.kitchenlink.com/cgi/public_frames?page=index
Links to culinary sites.

Science of Cooking
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/
The Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking" is the first in a series of web-based projects focusing on the science behind everyday life. On this site you'll find recipes, activities, and webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking -- and the information you find on this site may even make you a better cook!

Virtual Vegetarian
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/
Site devoted to information and links about vegetarian cooking from the editors of Vegetarian Times.

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Electronic Databases

Available by clicking on the title of the database below. Access from home or work is available for these databases, please read the instructions for Off Campus use.
 
General Reference Center Gold
Use this database to find articles from general interest as well as professional journals including Restaurant Business, Restaurant Hospitality, Nation's Restaurant News, Bakery Production and Marketing, Vegetarian Times, and others.

Online Newspapers
Selected Wisconsin newspapers including the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times, plus The New York Times,Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune and other national newspapers.

Career and Technical Education       
Vocational and technical periodicals including Cooking Light, Restaurant Hospitality, Restaurant Business, Food Management, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies, and others.

EBSCOhost
Vocational Search and MasterFILEP Premier databases include a variety of vocational and technical journals including Restaurant Business, Foodservice Director, Restaurant Hospitality, Nation's Restaurant News, and others.

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Audiovisual Materials

The MATC library has many videotapes on culinary topics. Both student and staff videos are located in the AV shelving of the library. Students may check out Student AV materials and are welcome to view Staff AV materials in the library. To search the catalog for videos only, choose the complex search tab, enter a search word or phrase, set item cat1 to videotape, and click on the search catalog button. A sampling of student use videos follows:

Click on a title to see if it is available in the library; a new window will open when you click a title.

Culinary careers (videorecording) : people, professionalism,service 641.5 CULIN 1988 Video
Culture and cuisine 642.5 CULTU 1986 Video
Lighter soups, salads and sandwiches 613.284 LIGHT 1988 Video

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MATC Library Online Catalog provides access to books, magazines, Reserve material, audio-visual material (for example, videos), and web resources Search by subject or keyword.

  • Both general and professional cookbooks and resources can be found
    in the 640’s circulating collection towards the back of the library.

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Reference

Click on a title to see if it is available in the library; a new window will open when you click a title.

R641.03 H538
The new food lover's companion: comprehensive definitions of nearly 6,000 food, drink, and culinary terms
Sharon Tyler Herbst.

R641.3003 L332
Larousse gastronomique.

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Last Modified: March 31 2008


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