Culinary Arts
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Provides access to academic journals and magazines on all aspects of cooking and nutrition. The database includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.
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Books
Food Safety
This book is a reference for anyone interested in avoiding foodborne disease or understanding how food safety standards could be improved.
100 Million Years of Food
100 Million Years of Food takes readers on an historic and geographic tour of how different cuisines have evolved in tandem with their particular environments.
Tawâw
Chef Shane M. Chartrand's debut cookbook explores the reawakening of Indigenous cuisine and what it means to cook, eat, and share food in our homes and communities.
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Master the use of just four elements--Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food--and anything you cook will be delicious.
An Ozark Culinary History
Northwest Arkansas' High South cuisine is replete with nostalgia, fresh ingredients, tall tales and rural roots. Discover Ozark traditions in the realms of forest, farm and table.
Recommended Websites
- America's Test KitchenAmerica's Test Kitchens recipes, equipment reviews, ingredient taste tests results, and kitchen tips are made available through magazines, websites, television series; America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen, and our cookbooks.
- Cooks IllustratedCook's Illustrated is dedicated to finding the best methods for preparing foolproof home-cooked meals. They also offer ratings and reviews of cookware and kitchen equipment to inform you how different models compare and compete so that you can shop smart.