Useful Websites
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Online websites that are specific to Food:
- Online sources for Food Safety:
- Food Safety Information: www.foodsafety.gov
- 1999 Food Code: US Department of Health and Human Services: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-toc.html
- Food Establishment Inspection: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fcannex4.html
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
- Food Safety and Inspection Service USDA: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/whatsnew.htm
- Partnership for food safety education: http://www.fightbac.org/press/index.cfm
- Food Safety Daily News: http://www.foodhaccp.com/indexcopynews.html
- Food Safety Network: http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/safefood/welcome.home.htm
- Food Safety Training and Education Alliance: http://www.fstea.org/
- World Health Organization Food Safety Programme: http://www.who.int/fsf/
- Food Irradiation Information Website: http://www.food-irradiation.com/
- Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (HACCP) http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/haccp.html
- https://www.fns.usda.gov/resource/myplate-miplato by the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Cooking tips for the novice: http://food.epicurious.com/e_eating/e02_basics/main.html
- U.S. Potato Board - www.potatohelp.com
- Great site for tons of recipes, and more: www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/other-sites.html
- The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Visit this great site at: www.foodsubs.com/
- PLATE is a professional culinary journal that is devoted exclusively to delivering innovative, creative ways to profitably menu specific protein categories, visit: www.plateonline.com/
- Flavor & the Menu is a great magazine that cost online source for learning more about the role of taste and its importance to the foodservice industry. Just visit www.flavor-online.com/
- The Culinary Institute of America’s online resource for culinary and foodservice professionals is: www.prochef.com
- Celebrate Southern Food: The Southern Foodways Alliance seeks to preserve, promote, and nurture the traditional and developing diverse food cultures of the American South.
www.southernfoodways.com - Seasonal Specialities: Find seasonal recipes, farmers’ market reports and Chefs Collaborative member chef profiles at www.SeasonalChef.com
Online websites to assist Teaching and Learning:
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For faculty development, we recommend going to www.wherefacultyconnect.com , a website operated by Wiley Publishing. Watch for live podcasts which you can sign up for free lectures by instructors in culinary arts and hospitality. And if you go to their archives, you can see a wide range of topics that have been recorded. We saw the following in the archives when we last looked:
- Incorporating Multimedia in the Cost Control Course for Culinary & Hospitality - Desmond Keefe
- Baking for Special Diets: A Focus on Gluten-Free Baking - Wayne Gisslen
- Math for Bakers - Wayne Gisslen
- Greening Your Restaurant: Design and Equipment Selection - Gus Katsigris
- Food Sustainability: Chefs and Local Farmers Working Together - Joseph Bonaparte
- Gigachef.com created by experienced working chefs, provides solutions, resources, and recreation for culinary professionals at all levels who are forced to meet rising expectations to succeed. www.gigachef.com
- People not only learn at different rates, but also in different ways. Want to find out your student’s learning styles to adjust your teaching methods accordingly? Visit: www2.nc.edu/virtcol/ss/learn.html#five
- Discovery has a great resource to make puzzles for use in teaching at: puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
- A great source to use for current events quizzes is a free subscription to SmartBrief; it is sent via e-mail during the work week, to get a free subscription visit www.smartbrief.com/nra/
- An extensive listing on all sorts of teaching tips can be found by visiting: www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom
/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm#techniques - Students can learn history of cutlery and how it is made and maintained, courtesy of Canada Cutlery, Inc by visiting: www.canadacutlery.com/product/education_pg2.html
- http://www.canadacutlery.com/product/education_pg2.html
- http://www.waitersworld.com/ - WaitersWorld is the culmination of several years’ focus on the needs of the professional waiter. It offers basic service skills, product knowledge, and taps into the international pool of experienced professional waiters around the world.
Great Search Engines to find Foodservice-related Information:
- PageLab Network Inc. has a site to allow average people to easily find information on the web at: www.subjex.com/
- One of the most popular search engines is found at: www.google.com
- Students are familiar with another excellent search engine known as Ask Jeeves at: www.ask.com/
- A source that has 10,000 databases, archives and search engines is: www.invisibleweb.com
- Another familiar search engine is found at: www.yahoo.com
- A most unusual search engine that flow charts search results is: www.kartoo.com
Jobs for Students in the Foodservice Industry
- The National Restaurant Association’s Information on careers: www.restaurant.org/careers/
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