Ethnic Cuisine

 

Maine West High School Library Resource Center

G. Haan, librarian

Updated March 2007

 

 

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Books

Information about the country and culture:

§       R 306 Culturegrams

§       R 306 Encyclopedia of World Cultures

§       R 306 Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures

§       R 910.3 Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

 

Cookbooks

§       Search the Online Catalog.

§       Sample search terms:    Cookery French          Cookery Mexican         International Cookery

§       Browse the shelves at 641…. for cookbooks.

 
R 641.3 HANSON    Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of foods and recipes of the world / Karen L. Hansen, ed. 2002.

 

R 641.59 JACOB   The world cookbook for students. / Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi.  2007.

 

641.59 ALBYN   The multicultural cookbook for students / by Carole Lisa Albyn and Lois Sinaiko Webb. 1993.

 

641.59 ROZIN The universal kitchen / Elisabeth Rozin. 1997.

 

 

Databases and Encyclopedias For access from home, get username and password from S drive

§       Culturegrams   Click on Recipe Collection

§       Encarta Encyclopedia.  Only available in the LRC. Start Menu > Programs > Microsoft Encarta > Encarta Reference Library.

§       Encyclopedia Britannica

 

Web Sites

 

All Recipes – World Cuisine

CIA World Fact Book –for information about a country

Epicurious Advanced Search  – can search by type of cuisine

Food & Cooking Recipes – From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Global Gourmet

Lonely Planet  - culture by country

Recipe Source: Ethnic  - The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes

Sally’s Place - culinary and travel site

 

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