Recommend books or media items
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ACC Links
These guides and web sites include useful Culinary Arts information
Other Library Catalogs
UT, Austin Public Library, WorldCat, etc.
- Local Area Library Catalogs and More
You can find most library catalogs across Texas and across the country from this page. If you find items not owned by ACC that you need, you can apply for a TexShare borrower card and visit the library directly, or contact the ACC library to request items through interlibrary loan.
Useful training
Rouxbe Online Cooking school http://rouxbe.com
Beautifully done online video cooking school. A real treat!
Click on "Try a Free Lesson"
New
Check out the Wired March 2011 article Mad Science by Mark McClusky (p.110). http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/ff_myhrvold/all/1 This article is about Nathan Myhrvold, author of Modernist Cuisine (2,400 pages with 1,600 recipes). His book is about the physics of cooking from sous vide to a master course in egg cookery.
How to Search for Culinary Arts Information
This guide supplements the print, media and electronic resources available in the ACC libraries. It focuses on culinary news, research, techniques, cooking skills and Austin restaurants.
Our Hospitality Management subject guide focuses on business aspects of hospitality, including restaurant management and food safety.
The tabs across the top of the page will help you navigate between topics. Tabs with an arrow have sub-pages.
This guide is intended to help you find books, ebooks, locate magazine and journal articles, search databases, and find quality web sites.
| Articles |
Articles from journals, magazines and major newspapers are a good source for recent developments, trends, recipes and technical tips. ACC databases can help connect you to these articles. |
| Books and Media |
A book can provide photographs, information about techniques and cultural background as well as menus and recipes. Media provides a visual approach. |
| Reference Books |
This covers encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other resources that are referred to for specific information. Go to these for definitions, shorter explanations and biographical sketches. |
| Web Sites | The internet can provide a wealth of information, especially from professional organizations and associations. |
Faculty Librarian |
 Melissa Airoldi |
List of Materials
List of culinary materials in the library as of 10/19/11. This list is in call number order which is roughly the same as subject order. It includes books, e-books, DVDs, etc. See also Nutrition Resources subject guide for vegan, vegetarians and diet cookbooks. See Chemistry subject guide for even more food chemistry materials.
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