Food Reference
Cooking Measures and Conversion Calculators
Global Gourmet's handy site where you can find American measurement equivalents, British and American Cooking Terms and Oven Temperatures, Metric conversions for weights, volume and lengths.
Canning Basics
General canning guidelines in this section should be followed for all home canning. Information specific to the selection, preparation and use of home canning jars and two-piece vacuum caps.
Food & Nutrition Online Fact Sheets
Sponsored by the Colorado State Cooperative Extension Food Publications, this site provides guidelines in food safety, health and diet, food preparation, and food preservation. Documents in .pdf format.
EDIS Home Canning Guide
From the University of Florida here are some leaflets on preserving fruits and vegetables, meats, seafood by canning.
Foods, Food Safety and Nutrition
Advice on canning, freezing, food storage, jams, jellies, pickles, and relishes. From the Agricultural Affairs division of North Dakota State University, Fargo ND.
Moo Milk
Everything yopu need to know about the dairy industry and dairy products.
Food Reference Website
Culinary history, facts, trivia, quotes, humor, poetry, crossword puzzels, recipes, who's who, newsletter ansd more.
How to repair Food Archive
" What do I do when my lamb chops start to curl? What do I do when the edges of my apple pie are browning too fast? What do you do? Take a look through this alphabetized selection of hints and tips on how to get the most out of all of the food in your kitchen."
Spice Encyclopedia
Chose your spice and learn its uses, and description, geographical areas, storage, traditional ethnic uses, teastes and aroma, history, and cooking ideas.
All You Can Eat
An interactive web site which allows "users to discover what pesticides they consume on a daily basis, and what the potential health effects are. The site was developed by the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Culinary Herb FAQ
Browse the list of herbs or ask a question and it will be answered by the newsgroup!
Fish FAQ
Browse the list of fish or ask a question and it will be answered by the newsgroup!
Natural Food Hub
Information about growing and buying natural foods. Site also contains a newsletter and essays about nutrition and food consumption.
Alice Statler Library, City College of San Francisco
Updated february 1, 2002
