Guide to Food
Websites:
El Centro Course-Related Links | Recommended Web Sites | Dictionaries & EncyclopediasWine, Bar & Beverage | Nutrition | News & Magazines | Associations
Books:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases
- Student Research Center - includes news, magazines, ebooks, TV/radio transcripts and more!
- Business Source Complete (TIP: click DATABASES above the search box to add in Academic Source Complete and Regional Business News).
- CultureGrams
- Includes regional and ethnic recipes by state and country searches. Includes brief notes about the foods.
- Thomas Register of Manufacturers
- Reviews equipment manufacturers.
- Wall Street Journal/New York Times
- InfoTrac Newspapers
- LexisNexis (Tutorial)
- Business tab allows you to search Hoover's In-Depth.
eBooks
- netLibrary
- Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society
- Business Plans Handbook
- Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World
- Encyclopedia of Management
- Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need. Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
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El Centro Course-Related Links
- El Centro Food Service Department
- Texas Workforce Laws
- Texas Labor Law Info
- Minimum Wage Laws for each State (Dept. of Labor)
- Food Safety Manual
Recommended Web Sites
- FEES: Food and Food Safety
- Links to information on: citrus, dairy, fruits and vegetables, meats, sweets, fats and oils, food and drug interactions, food and pesticides, food preservation, food safety, labeling from the University of Florida.
- Food Info Net
- Information on: market research, industry news, safety, equipment, companies...
- Healthy Foods
- List of foods, along with detailed information on the benefits, history, picture, nutrients and nutritional chart, how to select and store, how to prepare and links to recipes.
- Hospitality Net
- Industry news, market reports, audio/video, supplier profiles and more.
- International Food Information Council
- Links to information on: nutrition, food safety, food allergies, and food terms.
- History of Food
- Food timeline, along with historical information about various foods. Includes the reference source where the information came from. Recipes through time associated with that food item are included. Includes historic food prices, menu collections, adapting old recipes and culinary research.
- Cook's Theasurus
- Encyclopedia of food with pictures and lots of information, cooking measurements, recipe substitutions...
- Menu Template
- Escoffier
- HACCP
- Spices: Uses & History
- Test Kitchen Online
- Institute of Food Research
- Food Safety Database
- Includes fact sheets, information for trainers. Limit by food category, biological hazard, chemical hazard, institutional setting, best practices, and flow of food.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Associations
- American Culinary Federation
- American Hotel & Lodging Assocation
- Council on Hotel, Restaurantant and Institutional Education (CHRIE)
- Association information, along with a section just for students. This section includes information about job fairs and job leads.
- National Restaurant Association
Wine, Bar & Beverage Links
- BevNet
- Industry news, product reviews, jobs, videos, marketplace...
- Bar School: Recipes
- SPECS Bartender Guide
- Webtender
- Tastings
- Wine Files
- Wine and Food Matcher
News & Magazines
- Cooking Light
- Fine Cooking Online
- Nation's Restaurant News
- Restaurant Report On-Line
- Restaurant Startup and Growth
- Restaurant Wine
- Table Wine
The Library subscribes to the following publications. The most recent issue is on display and back issues are available at the Circulation Counter. Bound issues are shelved in the upper level of the Library. Check the Periodicals Guide for information on the previous years shelved or bound.
- Bon Appetit
- Harvard Business Review
- Nation's Restaurant News
- Catering Industry Employee
Nutrition
- Nutri-Facts
- Nutrition information on almost six thousand different foods.
- Food & Nutrition Information Center
- Dietary information, nutrition tables, food composition, diet supplements, food pyramid...
- American Dietetic Association
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
| baking food cookery liquors nutrition menus caters and catering confectionary gastronomy |
wine and wine making meat industry & trade restaurant management buffets appetizers alcoholic beverages cake decorating kitchen utensils quantity cookery |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
Chef's Book of Formulas, Yields, and Sizes
REF TX 820 S355
Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
REF TX 551 B64
New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts
REF TX 349 W42
Hering's Dictionary of Classical & Modern Cookery
REF TX 349 H5413
Larousse Gastronomique
REF TX 349 L3613
New Professional Chef
REF Tx 820 C85
On Cooking
REF TX 651 L33
SPECS
REF TX 911.3 P8 P4
Wenzel's Menu Maker
REF TX 820 W43
HACCP Food Safety Manual
REF TX 537 L58
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
Reference/Information Desk: 214-860-2174 Circulation:
214-860-2175
West Campus: Reference/Information Desk: 972-391-1433 Circulation: 972-391-1427
BJP: (Room 2300) 214-860-5780
Comments or suggestions are welcome.
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
June 14, 2010