Research Guide: Human Ecology -
Food & Nutrition Web Resources
Food Services & Restaurant Management | Nutrition & Health | Food Culture & Recipes | SUNY Oneonta Human Ecology Department
- Chef2Chef
- Offers food and hospitality industry news, product links, directories of culinary schools and training opportunities, and links to trade publications.
- FoodSafety.gov
- Gateway to government food safety information: covers news, consumer advice, industry assistance, food safety programs, and more.
- Hospitality Net
- Web site covering academic and/or professional topics: industry news, financial news, jobs, marketplace, and other links.
- Hospitality Index
- Comprehensive list of suppliers of products and services to the Hospitality Industry. Search the index or browse by category.
- Vast range of useful information and links. Look carefully at each page for links as they are in various places on the different pages.
- Calorie Burning Calculator
- From the Healthy Heart Foundation and The Weather Channel
- Consumer Information on Dietary Supplements
- Fact sheets, publications, links and the IBIDS database (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements). From the National Institutes of Health.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- "Provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers." From the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- MEDLINEplus Food, Nutrition and Metabolism Topics
- Carefully selected web sites from the National Library of Medicine. Each category provides latest news, overviews, and research on many food-realted topics.
- Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
- Search for a food and receive detailed nutritional information including proximates, minerals, vitamins, lipids, and amino acids.
- NutritionData
- A searchable database of food composition and nutrition information, with tools to analyze nutrition: Nutrient Search Tool, Caloric Ratio Explorer, and Food Additive Identifier. Covers many fast foods.
- Nutrition Analysis Tool v2.0
- Analysis of food nutritional content for a day or for a meal including calories, fat, vitamins, etc.
- Nutrition.gov
- Nutrition.gov is an Internet portal to hundreds of nutrition and health information Web sites produced by the federal government.
- All Recipes
- Many recipes include special ingredients. Reach various countries by typing in the search area.
- The Cook's Thesaurus
- Encyclopedia of ingredients and kitchen tools which includes history of various foods.
- Epicurious Recipe File
- More than 16,000 recipes (including ethnic recipes) from Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines.
- Food Timeline
- The origins and food and ingredients on a timeline.
- Food Network (foodtv.com)
- Under the Recipe tab there is a recipe search engine that allows searching by food category, region, technique.
- Global Gourmet
- Gives history of the foods and background information on each country as well as recipes.
- Google World Cuisines Directory
- Key Ingredients: America by Food
- "Web version of a traveling exhibit that examines the influences of region and ethnic cuisine on American dishes. The site provides historical information on American foods from the year 1500 to the present, which can be examined by time period and region."
- Recipe Source
- SOAR, Berkeley Searchable Online Archive of Recipes is listed by countries, regions and by ingredient.
- Recipezaar
- 285,000 recipes in 450+ categories. Search for recipes, cookbooks, or ingredients.
