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Searchable collection of recipes from Charmaine Solomon's "Encyclopedia of Asian Food."

Article on french cooking and recipes appropriate for the celebration of Bastille Day, the French National holiday.

Vegetarian recipes from Greece.

Features recipes, information on the benefits of Jamaican food,and an international guide to Jamaican restaurants and Caribbean restaurants, take-outs, bakeries, caterers, and sports bars.

Discusses the traditional process of making tortillas from scratch. Includes terminology and recipes.

From the bloggers who brought you Slice, A Hamburger Today focuses on the best burgers in New York.

Contains links to other spice-related articles.

This non-profit organization's "mission is to educate and assist the family in understanding proper nutrition and to be the voice of the American Culinary Federation in its fight against Childhood hunger."

This professional organization was "created for journalists who devote most of their working time to planning and writing food copy for news media worldwide. . . . AFJ's primary goal is to encourage communication among food journalists. In addition, AFJ tries to increase members' knowledge of food and to sharpen their writing, design and broadcast skills. The group also strives to foster professional standards among its members and other members of the media."

British Broadvasting Corporation site features articles, recipes, and food-related information.

Librarians' Index to the Internet "collection of sites related to wine, winemaking, and related topics."

National Geographic Magazine site offers information about coffee types, roasts, production,legends,and history.

A database of the menus held in the Rare Menu Collection, as well as a description of the collection. Images of actual menus are available.

All things related to New York's restaurant world: real estate, closings, and soon-to-be openings.

A look at the history of chocolate, the chocolate-making process, and a visit to a chocolate factory in this exhibit from the Exploratorium.

"Food Science Central is a gateway to free and subscription based information relating to the world of food science, food technology and food-related human nutrition." Registration required for some services.

Guide to French wines, wine-making, and wine districts.

Get great recipes for Halloween such as pumpkin seeds, pie and scary treats. Also includes entertaining advice and a Mexican Day of the Dead recipe guide.

Information on the origins of cider,its production, the cider regions of the world, and its current popularity.

Recipes and menus for holiday cooking and dining.

Provides substitution suggestions from food professionals for ingredients such as butter, eggs, and flour.

"The International Dutch Oven Society is a non-profit organization based in Logan, Utah. Our primary mission is to promote and encourage the art and skill of Dutch oven cooking, and to provide education regarding the benefits and methods of Dutch oven cooking."

Small collection of recipes using this unique citrus fruit. Includes recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, cheesecake, glazes, marmalade, relish, and even a kumquat martini. From a kumquat grower.

Provides instructions for making red and white table wines at hoime.

A selection of primary sources, recipes, and bibliographies on the food of the Middle Ages. A labor of love.

Reviews and write-ups on various lunch stops in the mid-town area.

The Audubon Society's Living Ocean site "helps you become more familiar with the fish and shellfish you buy so that you can make choices toward better managed selections. The buying power of consumers can create a market environment that encourages sustainable seafood and abundance in the seas."

All about pizza in New York and beyond.

Use your Thanksgiving leftovers to create delicious breakfast meals. Recipes include sweet potato waffles and turkey apple scramble.

Historical recipies and vintage illustrations.

Knives, chopsticks, forks and spoons. From the Rietz Food Technology Collection, housed in the Anthropology Department, California Academy of Sciences.

An encyclopedia of herbs and spices from McCormick.

A finding aid of menus held in Special Collections. Many of the menus have also been digitized.

Site featuring vegetarian recipes, fact sheets, a vegetarian food guide, and articles from the Loma Linda University Nutrition and Health Letter.

Collection of Articles.

Wine-tasting notes from "non-experts". The wineries are in the area of Northern California.