Culinary Arts  

This guide contains resources designed to aid you in your research in culinary arts.

Use the tabs across the top of the guide to find books, articles, and web pages in this subject area. The Cite Your Sources tab will help you to properly cite the resources you find.

As always, if your research is taking too long or you have questions use the Online Help Desk on the right hand side of this page to contact your Librarians for further assistance

These books are kept in the Reference Collection.   We will photocopy your encyclopedia articles for free, including the information you need for your bibliography.  If you're off campus, these articles can be faxed or emailed to you at home.

Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink
REF TX 349 .M266 1999

Larousse Gastronomique
REF TX 349 .M613 1988

The Master Dictionary of Food and Wine
REF TX 349 .R83 1996

The Oxford Companion to Food
REF TX 349 .D39 1999

The Visual Food Encyclopedia
REF TX 349 .E48 1996

Webster’s New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts
REF TX 349 .L33 2000

Wikipedia is a very popular online encyclopedia that may be appropriate for background research, especially if the articles has a good bibliography. Be aware that some YCCC faculty will not allow you to use Wikipedia as a cited source.

For more information about using Wikipedia for academic research, watch this short video.

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