more information: Here are entered works on the art of cooking, as well as works that consist of collections of recipes.
Works on the cookery of specific places are entered under Cookery subdivided by the name of the place. Works on national cuisines and styles of cooking are entered under headings such as Cookery, American, [Chinese, etc.], which may be further subdivided to designate regional styles,
e.g. Cookery, American--Southern style; Cookery, Chinese--Sichuan style; etc. Works on an individual style in a specific locality are entered under two headings, one for the style and one for the locality, e.g. 1. Cookery, American--Southern style. 2. Cookery--Georgia--Savannah.
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Select Internet Sites
How to Cook Everything: Take on the Recipes http://www.howtocookeverything.tv/htce/TakeOnTheRecipes/list.html
Recipes from "How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America's Chefs," a public television series (and related cookbook) in which food writer Mark Bittman "pits his home cooking against the ultra-style of the best known chefs in the country." Provides recipes for dishes such as steak tartar, lobster roll, tuna teriyaki, gazpacho, braised rabbit, and persimmon pudding.
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/
A growing "collection of some of the most important and influential American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th centur[ies]." Searchable by author, title,
recipe name, and ingredients; browsable by category. Includes a brief history of American cookbooks, brief biographies of many of the authors, an online display of cooking utensils, a glossary of obsolete cooking terms, and a video tour of the collection. From the Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum.
European Cuisines http://www.europeancuisines.com/
A collection of recipes and links to other recipe and food sites, organized by country.
The Tamale Museum http://www.thetamalemuseum.com/
Located on the grounds of the San Juan Capistrano Mission in southern California, this museum is dedicated to the history of the culinary arts and highlights "Mexico's regional foods and the foods of the American Southwest," with a "primary focus ... on the long and diverse history of tamales." The site features images from exhibits and a description of museum programs.
The African Cookbook: Menus and Recipes from Africa http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html
Includes menus and recipes for Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, and the Island of Zanzibar. From the African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.
World Culinary Institute: Visit With the Masters http://www.worldculinaryinstitute.com/the_masters.html
Brief biographies of four famous chefs: Fernand Point, Auguste Escoffier, Julia Child, and James Beard. Includes descriptions of culinary careers and highlights, such as Escoffier's "revolutionizing and modernizing the menu, the
art of cooking and the organization of the professional kitchen," and how Beard "appeared in his own segment on television's first cooking show on NBC in 1946." From the World Culinary Institute, a site that links to hundreds of cooking schools and related sites.
CookingSchools.com: The Cooking and Culinary School Directory http://www.cookingschools.com/
This site aims to "help prospective culinary students quickly access cooking & culinary schools and programs based on their own unique criteria." Includes data on over 1200 culinary arts schools and recreational culinary educational programs in the United States and worldwide. Searchable by location and culinary specialty, with links to resources on careers, job listings, financial aid, and other related topics.
Asian Recipes Online
http://www.asianrecipesonline.com/
Search for recipes by category or by place. Includes recipes from Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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