Resource List

Thank you for visiting the resource page!  Here are some of those tried and true backgrounders we all know and love.  FCP wants to be your “go to” for creating excellent presentations.  Please let us know if you would like to see additional links added over time!

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Need recommendations on a food science book? Or a professional cooking book? Look no further than this FCP resource list: a comprehensive list of recommended books and websites, many of which are authored or reviewed by your fellow FCP members.  If you have a recommendation, send the info to the FCP Office.

COOKING

• The American Dietetic Association Cooking Healthy Across America (FCP's own cookbook! - Kris Napier, Editor
• The Professional Chef, 7th Edition – Culinary Institute of America
• Professional Cooking – Wayne Gisslen, Andre J. Cointreau, J. Gerard Smith (Photographer), Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School
• Vegetables From Amaranth to Zucchini The Essential Reference: 500 Recipes 275 Photographs - Elizabeth Schneider, Amos Chan (Photographer)
• Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Complete Guide to Wines of the World, 2nd Edition - Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, Michael A. Weiss
• Le Cordon Bleu's Complete Cooking Techniques: the indispensable reference demonstrates over 700 illustrated techniques with 2,000 photos and 200 recipes - Le Cordon Bleu, Jeni Wright
• Essentials of Professional Cooking – Wayne Gisslen, J. Gerard Smith (Photographer)
• The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time - Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz Weiss, MS, RD (FCP Members)
• Stop the Clock! Cooking: Defy Aging -- Eat the Foods You Love – Cheryl Forberg RD (FCP Member)
• The Gathering Place , Volumes 1 and 2 – Graham Kerr (FCP Friend)
• Graham Kerr's Swiftly Seasoned – Graham Kerr (FCP Friend)
• Graham Kerr's Kitchen – Graham Kerr (FCP Friend)
• Graham Kerr's Creative Choices – Graham Kerr (FCP Friend)
• 1,000 Lowfat Recipes – Terry Blonder Golson
• Delicious Desserts When You Have Diabetes – Sandy Kapoor, PhD, RD, FADA (FCP Member)
• The Phytopia Cookbook - Barbara Gollman, MS, RD, co-author (FCP Member)
• Food for Fifty (13th Edition) - Mary Molt, PhD, RD

REFERENCE

• The New Food Lover's Companion – Sharon Tyler Herbst
• Encyclopedia of Junk Food & Fast Food - Andrew F. Smith (Greenwood Press, Westport, CT - 2006)
• Food Finds - Ethnic Food FindS
• The Oxford Companion to Food". Alan Davidson. Oxford University Press, 1999.
• The Recipe Writer's Handbook
• Larousse Gastronomique: The World's Greatest Culinary Encyclopedia - Larousse Librarie, Prosper Montagne, Joel Robuchon (Editor)
• Keeping Food Fresh by Janet Bailey

FOOD SCIENCE

• On Food and Cooking- the Science and Lore of the Kitchen" by Harold McGee, 1984, Collier Books-Macmillan Publishing Co.
• Cookwise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed – Shirley O. Corriher
• Food Science – Norman N. Potter, Joseph H. Hotchkiss
• What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained - Robert L. Wolke, Marlene Parrish
• Food Chemistry – Owen R. Fennema
• Science of Cooking – Peter Barham
• Curious Cook – Harold J. McGee, Laurie Anderson (Illustrator)

FOOD SERVICE

• Successful Catering: Managing the Catering Operation for Maximum Profit (The Food Service Professional Guide To Series 12 – Sony Bode
• Nutrition for Foodservice and Culinary Professionals – Karen Eich Drummond, Lisa M. Brefere
• Food for Fifty (13th Edition) – Mary K. Molt, PhD, RD
• The World of Culinary Supervision, Training, and Management - Noel C. Cullen

NUTRITION

• The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous!– Carolyn O'Neil MS RD (FCP Member)
• Nutritive Value of Foods. Home and Garden Bulletin 72 – Gebhardt, S.E. and Thomas, R.G. (FCP Member) Available via www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/HG72/hg72.html
• 5 A Day: the Better Health Cookbook – Elizabeth Pivonka and Barbara Berry, MS, RD (FCP Member)
• American Dietetic Association Complete Food and Nutrition Guide – Roberta Larson Duyff, MS, RD (FCP Member)
• 365 Days of Healthy Eating from the American Dietetic Association – Roberta Larson Duyff, MS, RD (FCP Member)
• Supermarket Savvy Newsletter -- Linda McDonald, MS, RD (FCP Member -- subscribe at supermarketsavvy.com)

WEBSITES

• http://www.licensetosnack.com/ (interactive site developed in collaboration between Frito Lay and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
  www.epicurious.com
• http://www.allrecipes.com/
• http://www.fitwoman.com/ - Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, CD (FCP Member)
• http://www.keepitbalanced.com/ and www.yum.com/nutrition - reviewed by Jackie Newgent, RD, CDN (FCP Member)
• http://www.vegetarianconnection.com/ - Jill Nussinow (FCP Member)
• http://www.supermarketsavvy.com/ - Linda McDonald (FCP Member)
• http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/ - Janice Newell Bissex , MS , RD and Liz Weiss, MS, RD (FCP Members)
• www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp - USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
• http://www.cherylforberg.com/ - Cheryl Forberg RD (FCP Member)
• http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/
• http://www.aboutproduce.com/
• http://www.foodandhealth.com/ – Judy Doherty, RD, Chef (FCP Member)
• www.lancaster.unl.edu/food - Alice Henneman, MS, RD (FCP Member)
• http://www.kidsnutrition.org/ - From the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine. Editor: Joan Carter, MBA, RD (FCP Member)
• http://www.mealmakeovermoms.com/ - Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz Weiss, MS, RD (FCP Members)
• http://www.3aday.org/ - National Dairy Council 3-A-Day of Dairy program

Effectiveness of Cooking Demos

• http://www.foodandhealth.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13 - Judy Doherty, RD, Chef (FCP Member)

Cooking Demo Instruction Materials

• http://www.foodandhealth.com/products.php?pid=15 - Judy Doherty, RD, Chef (FCP Member)
• http://www.supermarketsavvy.com/ - Linda McDonald, MS, RD (FCP Member)