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www.foodreference.com
If you’re looking to impress your friends
with random food trivia and quotes,
check out this site.

Food Site of the Day

www.foodsiteoftheday.com
A culinary collage of food, facts and fun.

Food Timeline

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Need to brush up on your food history?
This website not only provides a timeline,
but historical information and
recipes on a variety of foods and dishes.

HighBeam Research

www.highbeam.com
Want to know more about a topic in
recent or past news? HighBeam will
scan through newspapers, magazines,
encyclopedias, books, and even
almanacs dating back twenty years.

International Association of Culinary Professionals

www.iacp.com
With close to 4,000 members worldwide,
IACP not only provides continuing
education to its members, but a huge
network for offering and sharing ideas,
support, and knowledge.

Local Harvest

www.localharvest.org
An excellent resource for finding local
ingredients, farmers markets and
CSAs or co-ops.

Northeast Fisheries Science Center

www.nefsc.noaa.gov
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center
is a branch of NOAA Fisheries. The center
researches marine life and promotes
recovery and sustainability of the ocean’s
resources, as well as educating the
communities, schools and individuals
surrounding the industry.

Research Chef’s Association

www.culinology.com
The Research Chef ’s Association is a
blend of food and science and offers a
forum for chefs, food developers and
researchers to share their information.

Sauté Wednesday

www.sautewednesday.com
A great way to keep up with current
culinary news, this site offers links to
various food publications, blogs, and
newspapers around the world.

Science Daily

www.sciencedaily.com
Keep current in the world of science
with daily updates on health, medicine,
environment, math, technology
and more.

Metric Conversion Charts

Weight Equivalents
The metric weights given in this chart are not exact equivalents, but have been rounded up or down slightly to make measuring easier.

Volume Equivalents
These are not exact equivalents for American cups and spoons, but have been rounded up or down slightly to make measuring easier.

Oven Temperature Equivalents

A

Acids:

brining and

as natural disinfectants

pH scale and

reactive metals and

tenderizing and

Activated charcoal

Adapting recipes

Alabama Alchemy

Alcohols, deglazing with

Ale

All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC

Altitude, boiling point and

Aluminum cookware

anodized

reactivity of

Aluminum foil

Aluminum foil pouches:

braising in

No-Backyard Baby Back Ribs in

Ramen Radiator in

steaming in

Alzheimer’s disease

Anderson, Jean

Anodized aluminum cookware

Appetizers:

Calamari Crunch

Eggs, Deviled

Egg Stack, Cocktail-Hour

Portobello Mushrooms, Pan-Seared

Savoy Wraps, Savory

Scampi V1.0

Sugar Snap Peas with Spicy Lemon Dipping Sauce

Tres Amigos

Apple:

Bourbon Pear Sauce

Savory Savoy Wraps

Apple seeds

Aquifers

Arrowroot

Artichoke and Feta Wontons

Asparagus:

boiling

broiling

grilling

Atmospheric pressure, boiling point and

B

Baby Back Ribs, No-Backyard

Bacteria.
See
Safety concerns

Baked dishes:

Eggs, Hard-Cooked

Potato, Perfect

Baking

roasting vs.

substitutions in

see also
Roasting

Bamboo steamers, Asian-style

Bananas:

grilling

Tropical Mash

Bar-B-Chef grills

Barbecue:

origins and usage of word
see also
Grilling

Bar-B-Fu

Barley

Bastes

Batters, for fried foods

Batter Up

Beans:

Dried, Experiment

dried, soaking

kidney

salt and

see also
Green bean(s)

Beef:

blueprint (cuts)

brisket

Chili

“choice” grades of

corned

Cube Steak à la Salisbury

dry-aging

filet of tenderloin steaks, butterflying

Flank Steak, Marinated

hamburgers, grilling

Meatloaf

oxtails

Rhapsody for Red (Meat) for

Rub

safety concerns and

short ribs

Short Ribs, Smoked and Braised

skeleton of

Skirt Steak

Standing Rib Roast, Dry-Aged

steaks, Blue Butter for

steaks, grilling experiment with

Stroganoff

Beer

Beet(s)

Marinated Vegetable Salad

Red Flannel Hash

Roasted, and Broccoli Slaw

Bible

Blackened Tuna Steak

Blackening

Black pepper

Blanching

Bleach, cleaning with

Blue Butter

Boiled dishes:

Eggs, Hard-Cooked

Pumpkin Seed Brittle

Boiling

Master Profile for

in microwave
see also
Blanching; Poaching;

Simmering; Steaming

Boiling point

Boil-overs, preventing

Boston Vanilla Bean Co.

Botulism

Bourbon Apple Pear Sauce

Bowls:

copper

stainless steel

Bragg Farm Sugar House

Braises

Baby Back Ribs, No-Backyard

Beef Short Ribs, Smoked and Braised

Chicken Piccata

Cube Steak à la Salisbury

Lamb “Pot Roast”

Braising

Master Profile for

relationship of food to vessel in

transformation of collagen to gelatin in
see also
Stewing

Bread, in Broiled Chicken Salad

Bread Beckers

Bread crumbs:

in breadings

panko

Breadings

for fried foods

Breakfast fare:

Get Breakfast

Turkey and Fig Meatloaf

Brillat-Savarin, J.-A.

Brines:

A Dip for Mr. Dennis

Orange

Shrimp Soak

Brining

beef short ribs

chemistry of

pickling and

pork

Short Form guidelines for

shrimp

turkey

Briquettes
see also
Charcoal

Brisket, beef

Brittle, Pumpkin Seed

Broccoli:

Marinated Vegetable Salad

and Roasted Beet Slaw

Steamed Cauliflower and

Broiled dishes

Chicken Salad

Chicksicles

Egg Stack, Cocktail-Hour

Flank Steak, Marinated

Get Breakfast

Scampi V1.0

Tres Amigos

Broiling

Broiling pans

Broths

Browning

caramelization and

Maillard reaction and

microwave cooking and

new fat and

Brown rice

BTU (British thermal unit)

Burning food

Butter(s)

Blue

browned, cooking eggs with

facts and tips about

Garlic, Poached, Compound

Herbed Compound

in pan sauces

Butterflying:

chicken

filet of tenderloin steaks

Buttermilk

dredging and

C

Cabbage, in Savory Savoy Wraps

Calamari Crunch

Calorie, defined

Calrod ranges

Campylobacter jujuni

Candy thermometers

Canned foods, safety concerns and

Canola oil

Caramelization

Carbon steel

Carrots

grilling

Marinated Vegetable Salad

and Zucchini with Garlic and Ginger

Casseroles (cookware)

Cast-iron cookware

caring for

Dutch ovens

fond and

handles of

making of

12-inch skillets

Cast-Iron Duck

Cauliflower:

Marinated Vegetable Salad

Steamed Broccoli and

CDN Thermometers

Ceramics

Ceviche-Style Grilled Mahi-Mahi

Champagne, in Mignonette

Sauce/Vinaigrette

Charcoal

activated

judging when ready for cooking

Kingsford briquettes

lighting

measuring

natural chunk, cooking directly on

Charcoal grills

Charcoal kilns

Chard.
See
Swiss chard

Cheese

Feta and Artichoke Wontons

Mozzarella, in Get Breakfast

Parmesan, Eggplant

Chef’s knives

Chemical reactions

Chicken:

blueprint

bones, for stock

Broiled, Salad

butterflying

buying whole birds

Chick On a Stick (Chicken Satay)

Chicksicles

in Garlic and Shallots

Grilled Butterflied

grilling, bastes and

Piccata

Poached

roasting in terra-cotta pot

Rub

safety concerns and

Chicken wire, grilling fish on

Chicksicles

Chiffonade

Chiles

grilling

roasting over gas burner

Chili:

cheap-chili cook-off and

recipe for

Chimney starters

Chip Chop

Chocolate

Mint Sauce

Cholesterol

Chopping

Chopsticks, wooden

Cilantro

Clad cookware

Clam sauces:

Red

White

Clarified butter

Cleanliness

bleach and

at home

at markets
see also
Safety concerns

Clorox

Clostridium botulinim

Club soda

Cocktail-Hour Egg Stack

Cocoas, Dutch-process vs. natural

Coconut milk, in Tropical Mash