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Culinary Arts Research Guide

Print Sources

Au Coeur des Saveurs / Frédéric Bau; [translation and adaptation, Ginette Shama]. Bau, Frédéric. Barcelona : Montagud Editores, 1998.
Main: TX773 .B38 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc)

The Art and Science of Culinary Preparation : A Culinarian's Manual / Jerald W. Chesser. St. Augustine, Fla. : Educational Institute of the American Culinary Federation, 1992.
Main: TX663 .C34 1992 REFERENCE (nocirc)

The Complete Book of Pastry, Sweet and Savory / Bernard Clayton, Jr.; ill. by Tom Stoerrle. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1984, c1981.
Main: TX773 .C58 1981 REFERENCE (nocirc)

Craig Claiborne's The New York Times Food Encyclopedia. Claiborne, Craig. New York : Wings Books, 1994.
Main: TX349 .C54 1994 REFERENCE (nocirc)

The Dictionary of American Food and Drink/ by John F. Mariani. New York : Hearst Books, c1994.
Main: New York : Hearst Books, c1994. REFERENCE (nocirc)

Grand Finales : A Neoclassic View of Plated Desserts/ by Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty editors of Chocolatier Magazine ; photography by John Uher. New York : Wiley, c2000.
Main: TX773 .G684 2000 REFERENCE (nocirc)

Hering's Dictionary of Classical and Modern Cookery and Practical Reference Manual for the Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering Trade. Hering, Richard. London : Distributed by Virtue, c1985.
Main: TX349 .H5413 1987 REFERENCE (nocirc)

The Pâtisserie of Pierre Hermé = La pâtisserie de Pierre Hermé / Pierre Hermé, text, Stefan Christiansen, photographs ... Barcelona : Montagud Editores, c1998.
Main: TX773 .H47 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc)

The Pie and Pastry Bible / Rose Levy Beranbaum ; illustrations by Laura Hartman Maestro ; photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Beranbaum, Rose Levy. New York, NY : Scribner, c1998.
Main: TX773 .B4478 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc)

Webster's New World Dictionary of the Culinary Arts / [compiled by] Steven Labensky, Gaye G. Ingram, Sarah R. Labensky ; illustrations by William E. Ingram. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1997.
Main: TX349 .W42 1997 REFERENCE (nocirc)

Internet Resources:

Associations:

International Hotel & Restaurant Association
http://www.ih-ra.com/
The IH&RA is a global network of independent and chain operators, national associations, hospitality suppliers and educational centres in the hotel and restaurant industry.

National Restaurant Association
http://www.restaurant.org/
The National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry.

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
http://www.nraef.org/
The National Restauarant Association is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing educational and training solutions that serve the needs of the entire restaurant and hospitality industry.

Beverages:

Beverage Online
http://www.beverageonline.com/content/homepage/default.asp?VNETCOOKIE=NO
This site offers news and analysis, an email newsletter, product information, company listings, employment resources, books, software and video materials.

Beverage Net
http://www.beveragenet.net/
Information on the spirits, wine and beer industry, including links to many articles, associations, a classifieds section, discussion areas, media kits.

Bevnet
http://www.bevnetmarketplace.com/
The Independent Beverage Analyst: featuring the most extensive guide to new age beverages and much more.

Equipment & Supplies:

American Metalcraft
http://www.amnow.com/products.htm
The Restaurant division of AM sells to Restaurant and Foodservice Suppliers and Dealers throughout the world.

Hospitality Index
http://www.hospitality-index.com/
A comprehensive index to suppliers of products and services to the hospitality industry.

World Wide Kitchens
http://wwkitchens.com/
Features thousands of specialty kitchen items, furniture, tools, cooking equipment for home use and restaurant industry.

Food Service Operators:

Burger King Corporation
http://www.burgerking.com/flash.htm
A leader in today's fast-food industry, with locations in all 50 states and 58 international countries and territories around the world.

McDonald's Corporation
http://www.mcdonalds.com/
The largest food service operator in term of sales.

General Food Service Resources:

Cookbooks
http://www.cookbooks.com/
Features online cookbooks' store and free recipe database.

Food Reference Website
http://www.foodreference.com
Culinary history, quotes, recipes, trivia, humor, poetry, crossword puzzles, and more

Food Service Professionals Network (FSPronet)
http://www.fspn.org/Default.htm
Directories of food service companies, schools and franchises, trade event listings, news articles, games and a dictionary.

Foodresource
http://www.orst.edu/food-resource/index.html
This site Offers links to hundreds of website by categories.

Restaurant Report Top 100 Hospitality Sites
http://www.restaurantreport.com/Top100/index.html
All sites are reviewed based on four criteria: Content, Navigation, Design, and Overall Experience. Each category is scored on a 1-25 scale with a total possible score of 100.

History of Food:

Food History News
http://foodhistorynews.com/
New people doing new work in food history bring new perspectives to old stories. Includes reviews of new books on food history, reports on new culinary historian groups across the country, as well as exhibits, places to eat and symposia.

Culinary Historians of New York
http://culinaryhistoriansny.org/index.html
The Culinary Historians of New York (CHNY) was founded in 1985 to stimulate and share knowledge of the ways food has affected man (and man food) since earliest times.

Job Search:

BLACKCAREERZONE.com
http://www.blackcareerzone.com/
The Black Career Zone is the #1 Career site for African Americans.

ChefJobsNetwork
http://chefjobsnetwork.com/
Offers information for job seekers and employers in restaurant industry, especially for chefs and managers.

Cyberchefs Electronic Union
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3348/index.html
Jobs page with resume postings, menu brain teaser and bookshop.

Escoffier On Line (EOL)
http://www.escoffier.com/welcome.shtml
Specializes in food service employment and education with industry links and forums.

Food Industry Jobs
http://www.foodindustryjobs.com/
Provides service for job seekers and employers exclusively in food industry.

Restaurant Recruit
http://www.restaurantrecruit.com/
Contains listings for positions at chain restaurants.

Menus & Regional Restaurant Information:

Cuisinenet
http://www.cuisinenet.com/cafe/index.html
Integrated restaurant information about Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angles, Miami, New York, Portland OR, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.

the Menu Pages
http://www.menupages.com
The ultimate menu directory serving more than 4238 menus for New York City restaurants.

Vegdining.com
http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm
This is a guide to Vegetarian Restaurants Around the World.

Zagat
http://www.zagat.com
Guides for more than 20,000 restaurants, bistros, cafes, coffee-houses, diners, hotels in USA, London, Paris, Tokyo, Toronto and Vancouver (listings only).

Nutrition:

Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is a leader in on-line global nutrition information. It is one of several information centers located at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Nutrition and Food on the Web
http://www.sfu.ca/~jfremont/
Nutrition, Exercise and Education Pros; Health, Medicine and Special Dietary Needs.

Nutrition.Gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3
Provides access to all online federal government information on nutrition (statistics, research, news, advice) and links to other sites.

Publications:

Beverage World
http://209.11.43.219/beverageworld/index.jsp
Monthly; covers current trends and issues related to the U.S. beverage industry.

Chef - Monthly
http://www.chefmagazine.com/
This is a great source of information on food preparation and presentation.

Nation's Restaurant News
http://www.nrn.com/
Weekly, provides news, articles and reports about food service industry.

Recipes/Cooking/Conversions:

Baker Boulanger
http://www.betterbaking.com/index.phtml
This site is an alphabetical archive of baking recipes. It includes cakes, pies, breads, and pastries.

Culinary.net
http://www.culinary.net/
A web based service to consumers interested in food information. Materials are provided by major corporations and commodity boards. Recipes, food discussion board, short articles.

Equivalents and Conversions

http://www.cambridgeculinary.com/html/equiv.html
U.S. Weights and Measures, Approximate Equivalents, Temperatures, Conversion Factors and Conversion of Measures for Ingredients (USA = Europe)

Link Culinaire (LC)
http://www.linkculinaire.com/
Recipe archive, links to current food price sites, employment sites and a directory of US farmers markets.

PastryWiz
http://www.pastrywiz.com/
Whether you are looking for step-by-step instructions for cake decorating, food history, information for seasonal entertaining or some fun recipes for the kids, this is the place for you.

Restaurant Schools:

CookingSchools.com
http://cookingschools.com/resources/
The Cooking & Culinary School Directory.

Cornell School of Hotel Administration Links
http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/
This link index is created and maintained by Hostline, the research service of the Nestle Library at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.

Starting a Business:

United States Small Business Administration: Small Business Startup Guide.
http://sba.gov/starting_business/startup/guide.html
This small business guide is intended to serve as a roadmap for starting a business. It is both comprehensive and easy to use. It also includes numerous electronic links for additional information.

NOLO Law for All: Small Business
http://nolo.com/
Small business information for starting a business, choosing a business structure, writing a business plan and more.

Enrepreneur.com: BizStartups
http://entrepreneur.com
Entrepreneur.com is one of the largest and most frequently visited small business websites on the Internet. It provides business owners with practical information they can immediately put into use, expert advice and answers from recognized business authorities, and a range of services specifically designed to solve the challenges business owners face.

BusinessN@tion: Library
http://www.businessnation.com/library/articles/pages/index.html
Small business articles and documents - articles, reports, tip, forms, spreadsheets.

BusinessTown.com.
http://businesstown.com/
This site provides helpful information for starting, managing and growing a small business.

Wine, Beer and Spirits:

IDRINK
http://www.virtualbar.com/
The Virtual Bar - An index of over 5865 recipes for mixed drinks. Browsable, also searchable by ingredients.

Samuel Adams Beer Glossary
http://www.samadams.com/beer/glossary/
Terms and definitions related to beer.

Wine-Tasting Glossary
http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/Psychology/psych2e03/lecture8/wine_glossary.html
A glossary of terms for describing wine.

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Culinary Arts Research Guide Print Sources Internet Sources: Associations Beverages Equipment & Supplies Food Service Operator General Food Service Resources History of Food Job Search Menus & Regional Restaurant Information Nutrition Publications Recipes/Cooking/Conversions Restaurant Schools Starting a Business Wine, Beer and Spirits Print Sources Au Coeur des Saveurs / Frédéric Bau; [translation and adaptation, Ginette Shama]. Bau, Frédéric. Barcelona : Montagud Editores, 1998. Main: TX773 .B38 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Art and Science of Culinary Preparation : A Culinarian's Manual / Jerald W. Chesser. St. Augustine, Fla. : Educational Institute of the American Culinary Federation, 1992. Main: TX663 .C34 1992 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Complete Book of Pastry, Sweet and Savory / Bernard Clayton, Jr.; ill. by Tom Stoerrle. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1984, c1981. Main: TX773 .C58 1981 REFERENCE (nocirc) Craig Claiborne's The New York Times Food Encyclopedia. Claiborne, Craig. New York : Wings Books, 1994. Main: TX349 .C54 1994 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Dictionary of American Food and Drink/ by John F. Mariani. New York : Hearst Books, c1994. Main: New York : Hearst Books, c1994. REFERENCE (nocirc) Grand Finales : A Neoclassic View of Plated Desserts/ by Tish Boyle and Timothy Moriarty editors of Chocolatier Magazine ; photography by John Uher. New York : Wiley, c2000. Main: TX773 .G684 2000 REFERENCE (nocirc) Hering's Dictionary of Classical and Modern Cookery and Practical Reference Manual for the Hotel, Restaurant, and Catering Trade. Hering, Richard. London : Distributed by Virtue, c1985. Main: TX349 .H5413 1987 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Pâtisserie of Pierre Hermé = La pâtisserie de Pierre Hermé / Pierre Hermé, text, Stefan Christiansen, photographs ... Barcelona : Montagud Editores, c1998. Main: TX773 .H47 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc) The Pie and Pastry Bible / Rose Levy Beranbaum ; illustrations by Laura Hartman Maestro ; photographs by Gentl & Hyers. Beranbaum, Rose Levy. New York, NY : Scribner, c1998. Main: TX773 .B4478 1998 REFERENCE (nocirc) Webster's New World Dictionary of the Culinary Arts / [compiled by] Steven Labensky, Gaye G. Ingram, Sarah R. Labensky ; illustrations by William E. Ingram. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1997. Main: TX349 .W42 1997 REFERENCE (nocirc) ↑back to top Internet Resources: Associations: International Hotel & Restaurant Association http://www.ih-ra.com/ The IH&RA is a global network of independent and chain operators, national associations, hospitality suppliers and educational centres in the hotel and restaurant industry. National Restaurant Association http://www.restaurant.org/ The National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry. National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation http://www.nraef.org/ The National Restauarant Association is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing educational and training solutions that serve the needs of the entire restaurant and hospitality industry. ↑back to top Beverages: Beverage Online http://www.beverageonline.com/content/homepage/default.asp?VNETCOOKIE=NO This site offers news and analysis, an email newsletter, product information, company listings, employment resources, books, software and video materials. Beverage Net http://www.beveragenet.net/ Information on the spirits, wine and beer industry, including links to many articles, associations, a classifieds section, discussion areas, media kits. Bevnet http://www.bevnetmarketplace.com/ The Independent Beverage Analyst: featuring the most extensive guide to new age beverages and much more. ↑back to top Equipment & Supplies: American Metalcraft http://www.amnow.com/products.htm The Restaurant division of AM sells to Restaurant and Foodservice Suppliers and Dealers throughout the world. Hospitality Index http://www.hospitality-index.com/ A comprehensive index to suppliers of products and services to the hospitality industry. World Wide Kitchens http://wwkitchens.com/ Features thousands of specialty kitchen items, furniture, tools, cooking equipment for home use and restaurant industry. ↑back to top Food Service Operators: Burger King Corporation http://www.burgerking.com/flash.htm A leader in today's fast-food industry, with locations in all 50 states and 58 international countries and territories around the world. McDonald's Corporation http://www.mcdonalds.com/ The largest food service operator in term of sales. Subway http://www.subway.com/ The world's largest submarine sandwich chain. ↑back to top General Food Service Resources: Cookbooks http://www.cookbooks.com/ Features online cookbooks' store and free recipe database. Food Reference Website http://www.foodreference.com Culinary history, quotes, recipes, trivia, humor, poetry, crossword puzzles, and more Food Service Professionals Network (FSPronet) http://www.fspn.org/Default.htm Directories of food service companies, schools and franchises, trade event listings, news articles, games and a dictionary. Foodresource http://www.orst.edu/food-resource/index.html This site Offers links to hundreds of website by categories. Restaurant Report Top 100 Hospitality Sites http://www.restaurantreport.com/Top100/index.html All sites are reviewed based on four criteria: Content, Navigation, Design, and Overall Experience. Each category is scored on a 1-25 scale with a total possible score of 100. ↑back to top History of Food: Food History News http://foodhistorynews.com/ New people doing new work in food history bring new perspectives to old stories. Includes reviews of new books on food history, reports on new culinary historian groups across the country, as well as exhibits, places to eat and symposia. Culinary Historians of New York http://culinaryhistoriansny.org/index.html The Culinary Historians of New York (CHNY) was founded in 1985 to stimulate and share knowledge of the ways food has affected man (and man food) since earliest times. ↑back to top Job Search: BLACKCAREERZONE.com http://www.blackcareerzone.com/ The Black Career Zone is the #1 Career site for African Americans. ChefJobsNetwork http://chefjobsnetwork.com/ Offers information for job seekers and employers in restaurant industry, especially for chefs and managers. Cyberchefs Electronic Union http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3348/index.html Jobs page with resume postings, menu brain teaser and bookshop. Escoffier On Line (EOL) http://www.escoffier.com/welcome.shtml Specializes in food service employment and education with industry links and forums. Food Industry Jobs http://www.foodindustryjobs.com/ Provides service for job seekers and employers exclusively in food industry. Restaurant Recruit http://www.restaurantrecruit.com/ Contains listings for positions at chain restaurants. ↑back to top Menus & Regional Restaurant Information: Restaurant Inspection Information http://ibihost1.com/nycdoh/web/html/rii.pl New York City Department of Health Cuisinenet http://www.cuisinenet.com/cafe/index.html Integrated restaurant information about Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angles, Miami, New York, Portland OR, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. GothamMenu http://gotham2go.com/ New York City's takeout menu center. the Menu Pages http://www.menupages.com The ultimate menu directory serving more than 4238 menus for New York City restaurants. restaurantrow.com http://www.restaurantrow.com/ A good source for menus. Vegdining.com http://www.vegdining.com/Home.cfm This is a guide to Vegetarian Restaurants Around the World. Zagat http://www.zagat.com Guides for more than 20,000 restaurants, bistros, cafes, coffee-houses, diners, hotels in USA, London, Paris, Tokyo, Toronto and Vancouver (listings only). ↑back to top Nutrition: Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is a leader in on-line global nutrition information. It is one of several information centers located at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Nutrition and Food on the Web http://www.sfu.ca/~jfremont/ Nutrition, Exercise and Education Pros; Health, Medicine and Special Dietary Needs. Nutrition.Gov http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3 Provides access to all online federal government information on nutrition (statistics, research, news, advice) and links to other sites. ↑back to top Publications: Beverage World http://209.11.43.219/beverageworld/index.jsp Monthly; covers current trends and issues related to the U.S. beverage industry. Chef - Monthly http://www.chefmagazine.com/ This is a great source of information on food preparation and presentation. Nation's Restaurant News http://www.nrn.com/ Weekly, provides news, articles and reports about food service industry. ↑back to top Recipes/Cooking/Conversions: Baker Boulanger http://www.betterbaking.com/index.phtml This site is an alphabetical archive of baking recipes. It includes cakes, pies, breads, and pastries. Culinary.net http://www.culinary.net/ A web based service to consumers interested in food information. Materials are provided by major corporations and commodity boards. Recipes, food discussion board, short articles. Equivalents and Conversions http://www.cambridgeculinary.com/html/equiv.html U.S. Weights and Measures, Approximate Equivalents, Temperatures, Conversion Factors and Conversion of Measures for Ingredients (USA = Europe) Link Culinaire (LC) http://www.linkculinaire.com/ Recipe archive, links to current food price sites, employment sites and a directory of US farmers markets. PastryWiz http://www.pastrywiz.com/ Whether you are looking for step-by-step instructions for cake decorating, food history, information for seasonal entertaining or some fun recipes for the kids, this is the place for you. World Recipes http://www.world-recipes.info/ Recipes by country/region. ↑back to top Restaurant Schools: CookingSchools.com http://cookingschools.com/resources/ The Cooking & Culinary School Directory. Cornell School of Hotel Administration Links http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/links/ This link index is created and maintained by Hostline, the research service of the Nestle Library at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. The Art Institute of New York City (formerly The New York Restaurant School) http://www.nyrs.artinstitutes.edu/ The Art Institute of New York City (AINYC) is a leading institution for career preparation in the culinary arts and restaurant management industries. UNLV Food and Beverage Management Department http://www.unlv.edu/Tourism/depf&&b.html This site has a lot of useful links and is not limited to Las Vegas. ↑back to top Starting a Business: United States Small Business Administration: Small Business Startup Guide. http://sba.gov/starting_business/startup/guide.html This small business guide is intended to serve as a roadmap for starting a business. It is both comprehensive and easy to use. It also includes numerous electronic links for additional information. NOLO Law for All: Small Business http://nolo.com/ Small business information for starting a business, choosing a business structure, writing a business plan and more. Enrepreneur.com: BizStartups http://entrepreneur.com Entrepreneur.com is one of the largest and most frequently visited small business websites on the Internet. It provides business owners with practical information they can immediately put into use, expert advice and answers from recognized business authorities, and a range of services specifically designed to solve the challenges business owners face. BusinessN@tion: Library http://www.businessnation.com/library/articles/pages/index.html Small business articles and documents - articles, reports, tip, forms, spreadsheets. BusinessTown.com. http://businesstown.com/ This site provides helpful information for starting, managing and growing a small business. ↑back to top Wine, Beer and Spirits: IDRINK http://www.virtualbar.com/ The Virtual Bar - An index of over 5865 recipes for mixed drinks. Browsable, also searchable by ingredients. Samuel Adams Beer Glossary http://www.samadams.com/beer/glossary/ Terms and definitions related to beer. Wine-Tasting Glossary http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/Psychology/psych2e03/lecture8/wine_glossary.html A glossary of terms for describing wine. 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