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Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology __ "Founded in 1951, CIFST is the national association for food industry professionals. Its membership of more than 1500 is comprised of scientists and technologists in industry, government and academia who are committed to advancing food science and technology."  You will find a great deal of information freely available to the public plus membership information. - From Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology - http://www.cifst.ca/ 

Coolfood1 __ A great website for kids to learn about food production and safety. Choose your language to enter.  You will learn about food myths, health concerns, eating habits and much more. - illustrated - From coolfoodplanet.org - http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/

Culinary gleanings from John Gerard's Herball __ You will find selections from the 1633 herbal about the preparation of food. Learn how they used mint 300 years ago. - From Cindy Renfrow - http://members.aol.com/renfrowcm/gerardp1.html

Drink and History __ Here is a collection of resources on history of drink in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. - From pbm.com - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/brewing.html 

European Food Information Council __ "The European Food Information Council, EUFIC, is a non-profit organisation which provides science-based information on food and food-related topics to the media, health and nutrition professionals, educators, and opinion leaders."  this website is jam-packed with information ranging from production and safety to information for kids. - illustrated - From EUFIC - http://www.eufic.org/gb/home/home.htm 

FDA 1999 Food Code __ "the latest and best scientifically based" food safety advice for those responsible for regulating retail establishments. - From Food and Drug Administration - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-toc.html

FoodExperts: Question & answer forum on food and nutrition topics __ "Our FoodExperts are specialists in food safety, nutrition and food technology. If you have any questions on food topics, these are the people to ask." Read through current and past questions and answers. - From EUFIC - http://www.foodexperts.net/

Food & Nutrition Information Center __ You will find a virtual encyclopedia of information about food and nutrition including databases, links, articles and more. - From US Department of Agriculture - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Gourmet Direct International __ While this is a commercial website, scattered throughout you will find brief articles detailing the history of various gourmet food items such as caviar, mushrooms, saffron, etc.  Just those bits of information you might need to make an otherwise mundane report sing with a little historic color. - illustrated - From Fred Sabouri/911caviar.com - http://www.911caviar.com/    

Historical Recipes of Different Cultures __ An enormous collection of recipes of historic interest. - From Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science - http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/

The History behind a loaf of Bread __ Here is a remarkable site for one who is interested in the history of bread. Did you know, bakers were required to be model citizens in Ancient Rome?- illustrated - From botham.co.uk - http://www.botham.co.uk/bread/

History of the use of potato __ You will find an online chapter of the article included in the Cambridge World History of Food - From cambridge.org - http://www.cambridge.org/us/books/kiple/potatoes.htm

History of the use of rice __ You will find an online chapter of the article included in the Cambridge World History of Food - From cambridge.org - http://www.cambridge.org/us/books/kiple/rice.htm

History of Salt __ An excellent history of salt with text included links to a wide variety of information. - From saltinstitute.org - http://www.saltinstitute.org/38.html      

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ancient Cookery __ A series of well done articles about cooking in the Middle Ages.  Very interesting menus.  "Although the articles were written with an SCA audience in mind, they are, I hope, of use to all interested in Medieval/Renaissance cooking from primary and secondary sources." - From Panix.com - http://www.panix.com/~nexus/cooking/

Homepage Anthropology Of Food Webjournal __ "Welcome on AOF, the webjournal dedicated to the Sociology and Anthropology of food. - From Anthropology of Food Webjournal - http://www.aofood.org/default.htm

ICAF - International Commission on the Anthropology of Food __ "Anthropologists, with their traditional interest in the place of food in social life, are giving renewed attention to food in international development. The Commission was set up to coordinate their work on food studies, world hunger, and malnutrition." - illustrated - From ICAF - http://icaf.brookes.ac.uk/

Institute of Food Technologists __ Learn about this organization and its programs.  You will find many articles covering a wide variety of food and food related topics. - illustrated - From IFT - http://www.ift.org/cms/

Introduction to Food Anthropology __ "Broadly speaking, the general premises of food anthropologists and food anthropology as a discipline is to investigate the ways in which food, food production, food consumption and food rituals are associated with cultural norms, behaviours, social conventions and individual and group ways of living."  A good overview. - From Foodies Corner - http://groups.msn.com/FoodiesCorner/foodanthrointro.msnw

Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage __ An excellent list of resources about food from the Middle Ages. - From Society for Creative Anachronism - http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html

Nutrition Links __ A list of links about nutrition and related subjects. - From Kansas State University - http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_fnut/NUTLINK/N2.HTM

Overview of Cooking Equipment in the Medieval Kitchen __ "As history buffs and cooks, we look at period recipes and try to figure out how to recreate them. We rarely really think about how those recipes were prepared back then – not the proportions of ingredients and the timing of the cooking, but actually what equipment was used."  You might be surprised. - illustrated - From Chris P. Adler - http://www.geocities.com/katjaorlova/MedievalKitchenEquipment.htm

Southern Foodways Alliance __ "-- an affiliated institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture with headquarters at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi."  Learn about the cultural anthropology, history and traditions of food in the US south. - illustrated - From Southern Foodways Alliance - http://www.southernfoodways.com/

A Taste of the Ancient World: Introduction __ "An exhibit about Greco-Roman eating and drinking, farming and starving..." Food production, distribution, menus and more. - illustrated - From the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - http://www.umich.edu/~kelseydb/Exhibits/Food/text/Food.html

The University of Gastronomic Sciences __ Learn about a new institution that teaches a full range of subjects related to food anthropology, production and history.  "Our aim is to create an international research and training center, working to renew farming methods, protect biodiversity and maintain an organic relationship between gastronomy and agricultural science." - illustrated - From Universit di Scienze Gastronomich - http://www.unisg.it/eng/index.htm

Welcome to Gastronomica __ A journal of food and culture.  You will find several articles online as well as subscription information. - illustrated - From University of California - http://www.gastronomica.org/#note01

Welcome to the Institute of Food Research __ "The Institute of Food Research (IFR) is the UK’s only integrated basic science provider focused on food, and is publicly funded to carry out independent basic and strategic research in food safety, nutrition and food materials science."  A lot to cover here. - illustrated - From IFR - http://www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/

World Food Habits Bibliography __ An extensive list of printed resources. - illustrated - From Illinois state University - http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/

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