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Books

The Library's online catalog is available online at http://scclib.sccd.ctc.edu/. When using the library catalog, search using the subject headings:

  • Cookery
  • Cookery, French
  • Cookery (Bread)
  • Cookery, Chinese History
  • Cookery Encyclopedias
Baking buffets (cookery)
Caterers and catering Cooks
Culinary Institute of America Dinners and dining
Food Food industry and trade
Food presentation Food service
Gastronomy Menus
Nutrition Quantity Cookery
Restaurants law and legislation Restaurant Management
Table Service Waiters

Wine and Winemaking

 

Browse the library bookshelves at this call numbers:

 
Beverages TP500 – TP659 [Technology]
TX815 – TX817 [Home Economics]
TX951 [Bartender’s Manuals]
Cookery TX643 – TX840
Food TX341 – TX641
Food habits GT2850-GT2960
Food service TX901 – TX946.5 
Restaurants TX945 – TX945.5
Wine TP546 – TP559

 Articles & Periodicals

The Library provides access to a number of subscription only Periodical Databases and Reference Databases . These databases contain indexing to magazine, journal and newspaper articles, as well as full text for many of these articles. SSCC students can access many of these databases from home, using their student ID# and last name to login.

When searching for articles on this subject, try the following online databases from the Library Website

  • ProQuest Direct

These periodicals can be found in the SSCC Library:

Bon Appetit
Cooking for Profit
Food and Wine
Nations Restaurant News
Restaurant Business

See our Research Guide for Database Searching to learn how to use the Proquest Database to access articles from the following periodicals:

Bon Appetit
Gourmet
Wine Spectator

Useful Online Periodicals:

Cook's Illustrated 
http://www.cooksillustrated.com

Fine Cooking Online
http://www.taunton.com/fc/

Saveur Magazine
http://www.saveurmag.com

 internet

 
Directories

Food Resource
http://osu.orst.edu/food-resource/ 
An annotated directory of original documents and links to other food-related sites.

Kitchen Link - What's Cooking on the Net
http://www.kitchenlink.com/ 
A comprehensive, searchable, collection of more than 9400 food sites

Dictionaries

The Cook's Thesaurus
http://www.foodsubs.com/

The Epicurious Dictionary
http://www.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/home

Tools, Techniques & Ingredients
http://www.fabulousfoods.com/school/glossary/glossaryf.html
 

Specialized Resources

Asia Food
http://www.asiafood.org/
A collection of Asian food terms and recipes from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food. Recipes can be searched by keyword, or browse by type of dish or region. The glossary may also be searched and limited by ingredients, equipment, or techniques. There are also listings of cooking schools. 

AsiaRecipe.Com
http://asiarecipe.com/ 
In addition to hundreds of recipes from twenty-four Asian nations, this site offers information on cooking ingredients, equipment, substitutions, methods, and conversion tables.

Culinary.net
http://www.culinary.net
A site on all things culinary, including a special area for food professionals.

Cyberchefs Electronic Union
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3348/

For professional chefs, BBS forum for the culinary arts. Contains articles, recipes and industry information.

Eatethnic: Global Food, Nutrition, and Cooking
http://www.eatethnic.com/  
Maintained by nutrition specialists, this site contains information about religious food practices, ethnic health data and cultural nutrition.

Epicurious Food: Recipe File
http://food.epicurious.com
Contains more than 10,000 recipes from Bon Appétit and Gourmet magazines. You can search by keyword and categories to find exactly what you're looking for.

Escoffier On Line
http://www.escoffier.com/welcome.shtml
Contains a web-based bulletin board where you can network with others from around the world, food service employment resources on the Web, links to culinary education and hospitality education sites, as well as food service industry links.

Food Safety Home Page
http://home.earthlink.net/~zinkd/index.html
Contains basic information about the causes of foodborne illness, factual information on current food safety issues, and links to government, university and  industry web pages.

Food and Nutrition Library
http://media.payson.tulane.edu:8082/ 
Publications about food policy, nutrition research, community health, urban agriculture, food production and food processing.  Search by word or browse by title, subject, or organization.

Global Gourmet
http://www.globalgourmet.com/
Browse international recipes and cooking traditions by country or region.  Includes a Cooking Measures and Conversion Calculator. 

The Inquisitive Cook
http://www.inquisitivecook.com/  
Designed for cooks interested in food science.

Nutrient Database (USDA)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl 
This searchable database reports the nutrient values for approximately 5,900 foods. If you would like to see the information in the same format as on food labels, search in Nutri-Facts. 

Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov/ 
This federal resource is a guide offering easy access to all government Web sites with reliable and accurate information on nutrition and dietary guidance.

PastryWiz Food Resource Center
http://www.pastrywiz.com/  
Decorating information and recipes for cakes, also searchable. Includes job listings, a discussion group and a conversion chart. 

Spice & Herb Encyclopedia
http://www.culinarycafe.com/Spices_Herbs
From Allspice to Vanilla - fascinating facts and useful ideas.  Includes Geographical Sources, Traditional Ethnic Uses, Taste and Aroma and History/Region of Origin

Star Chefs
http://starchefs.com/TOC.html
Visit with some of the greatest chefs in America. Connect to their home pages, see their menus, read their biographies.
 

Organizations

American Culinary Federation
http://www.acfchefs.org 
A professional, not-for-profit organization for chefs.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses 
http://www.cdc.gov/health/foodill.htm
Contains links to information on foodborne illnesses and food safety.

Culinary Institute of America
http://www.ciachef.edu/
Includes culinary dictionaries, baking and pastry materials, food history and internet resources.

James Beard Foundation
http://www.jamesbeard.org
Lists James Beard award recipients, plus has gossip, tips and advice on the food scenes in major U.S. cities.

International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
http://www.ific.org/  
Good industry source on food-related issues: nutrition, food additives, pesticides, caffeine, E. coli, MSG, biotechnology, asparteme, food allergies, irradiation etc. Also includes a glossary of food related terms.

National Restaurant Association
http://www.restaurant.org
A rich source of information about the association and its services, as well as restaurant/hotel shows, schools, government affairs, research, and trends. Contains DineFind, a searchable database of restaurants nationwide.

Professional Chefs Association
http://www.professionalchef.com/
Chefs online, recipes, jobs.

USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/  
This government site has the latest nutritional and dietary guidelines and news releases as well as recipes.