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Fresh from Florida videos on farm to table cooking with grass-fed Florida beef, eggs from Lake Meadow Farm in Ocoee, Onion Encrusted Yellowtail from Marker 88 in the Keys and all natural Devil's Food Cake with Buttercream Frosting from White Wolf Cafe in Orlando.
Relish in the details of your celebrity chef's life with this biographical database. Trace their career, education, writings, view recent articles, and listen to interviews. Locate by name, such as Emeril Lagasse, Ina Garten, Jacques Pepin, or Rachael Ray, and by occupation: chef or cook.
Discover the joy of cooking with books. Use Books & Authors for browsing fun to find your next book of recipes, fictional feasts, or a new book by your favorite author/chef, such as Alice Waters and the Deen Brothers. Enter "cooking" in the search box to begin and cater selections to your preferences such as fiction or nonfiction using the filters at the top.
If you dream of marketing your barbecue sauce, starting a biscotti bakery, or opening a mobile pizza kitchen, Business Plans Online can help you realize your entrepreneurial potential. View actual business plans from businesses throughout North America or select a template such as Fictional Food Distributor and plan your dream.
Browse cooking and nutrition magazines from novice to professional with names such as Bon Appetit, Environmental Nutrition, and Gourmet Retailer available online in the Culinary Arts Collection database. Search by recipe, read restaurant reviews, and keep up to date on the latest industry news.
Enjoy regional recipes from newspapers throughout America! Locate a locavore recipe for Shitake Pesto, ingredients for Seabreeze Farm's Spinach and Pear Soup, or a culinary connection with your hometown, enter "recipes" in the search box for local views on what's cooking now.
Find more of your favorite southern recipes in this collection of southern cookbooks featuring recipes from the back country to the restaurant dining room.
For information on local harvests, farms, markets, and other local products try localharvest.org then enter your zip code and area of interest to check for availability.
The aroma of good food is brought to life with herbs and spices cooked to perfection. These books uncover the sense and science of cooking with basil from your backyard or spices from faraway lands.
Go vegan for a meal or for life with these amazing recipes from top chefs and practicing vegans. Choose from vegan starter books, family vegan, and ethnic vegan cookbooks.
Abundant recipes for cooking with vegetables to bring color, life, and nutrition to every meal. Prepare these delicious recipes as a side dish, main entree, or seasonal garden delight.
Taste and see just how good vegetables can be with this eclectic collection of vegetarian cookbooks. You'll find gourmet vegetarian recipes for elegant dining, college cooking, fusion, and vegetarian restaurant favorites.
Cooking with kids in mind can be a challenge especially when school projects require dishes from specific countries. Engage your student and yourself with creative recipes from Kids InfoBits. Search by country such as Egyptian Cooking, or by ethnic group as in Arab Cooking. Perk up a weeknight meal with Roald Dahl's Wormy Spaghetti, or liven lunch with Leprechaun Sandwiches. Enter "cooking," "recipes," or "quick and easy cooking" in the search box and join the fun!
Discover the excitement of cooking food from other cultures and learning more about the world with these simple, authentic recipe books for kids and adults looking for quick and easy ethnic dishes.
As American as apple pie, brownies, cupcakes, and the All-American cookie, these recipe books offer the home baked goodness from Mrs. Fields. When you're bringing treats to the office, chocolate to PTA, or cake to your mother in law's, check out these dessert recipes for every occasion!
Enjoy cooking videos, recipes, and television episodes, from the popular America’s Test Kitchen show.
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The American Culinary Federation's free app on the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android smartphones, and Amazon Kindle Fire gives you access to culinary trends, recipes, step-by-step demonstrations and information on cooking careers.
Many Americans are interested in eating healthier and making low salt, low cholesterol choices for themselves and their family. These healthy cookbooks offer nutritional goodness for all ages in brilliant combinations of food selections for every meal.
Food from the source in its most natural form is a popular movement. From the field to your kitchen recipes can be found in these macrobiotic, natural food, and raw food cookbooks.
East meets West in the enjoyment of Asian cooking with these books featuring favorite recipes and cooking techniques from China, Japan, Thailand, and other Asian cuisines.
Master Chefs Julia Child and Jacques Pepin welcomed French cuisine to the American kitchen. Share in the art and taste of French gastronomy with these authentic French recipes for American cooks.
Chef Boyardee made Italian food an American staple. Discover the traditional recipes from the Boiardi family, the Cake Boss, and more Italian favorites in these books devoted to the ever popular Italian way of cooking, eating, and enjoying life's abundance!
Cooking YouTube Playlist