International Cuisines

MEL Library Resources

***** REF 641.5 J UN Foods and Recipes of the World ***************
641.59 Cooking of specific regions
REF 031 General encyclopedias (located on the side wall of the library)
REF 031-032 Almanacs -- for basic information on your country, such as its climate, geography
REF 641.3 - 641.8 General works on foods of the world, cooking, herbs, spices, etc.
Use the library catalogue to look up books on your chosen country.
Check the cart of books selected by library staff.

Online Resources

	Use the Gale Virtual Reference Library, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture 3v, 2003.
	Go to the Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre to search for information on the country and its cuisine in the general encyclopedias, such as World Book Online, or Grolier Passport. Hint: Use the article on the country and look for the "Food and Drink" heading.

Useful Web Pages

Use the Google search engine to search for resources on your topic (Google will even correct your spelling for you!) To search for a phrase, put the phrase in quotation marks. Try typing in a variety of search terms, e.g., India "staple foods" religion taboos.

Cooking Conversion Charts or A Cooking Conversion Table - U.S. To Metric

Google Directory Home > Cooking > World Cuisines http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Cooking/World_Cuisines/?tc=1

Yahoo Society and Culture > Food and Drink > Countries and Cultures

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Food_and_Drink/Countries_and_Cultures/

Italian Cuisine http://www.barillaus.com/Regional_Italian_Cuisine.aspx

Citing Sources

Mrs. Gibbs requires that you do your Sources Cited list in the MLA-style format. Instead of footnotes, you will use in-text citation to acknowledge your sources. Here is an example:

"For special events, such as weddings, Indians may wrap elegant foods in a layer of silver so thin that it can be eaten. " (Karan)

The name, "Karan" refers the reader to that entry in your sources cited list (see below). Note: use the page number from the reference unless there is no page number, such as with a CD ROM resource or a web page.

You can create your Sources Cited list online at Easybib.com (http://www.easybib.com). To see what your completed list should look like, here is a sample Sources Cited list for this assignment:

Works Cited

Canadian global almanac 2001. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, c2000.

Countries of the world and their leaders yearbook 1998. Detroit: Gale Research, c1998.

"Cuisine of Goa." IndiaMart. 08 Apr. 2002 <http://travel.indiamart.com/goa/cuisines/goan-cuisine.html>.

Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-. India, the culture. Toronto, ON: Crabtree Pub. Co., c1990.

Karan, P. P., and Myron Weiner. "India." World Book. 3.2nd ed. N.p.: World Book, Inc., 1996. CD-ROM.

Moore, Clark D. India yesterday and today. n.p.: Bantam, 1970.

Sacharoff, Shanta Nimbark. Flavors of India: recipes from the vegetarian Hindu cuisine. San Francisco: 101 Productions, 1972.

Sen Gupta, Pranati. The art of Indian cuisine: everyday menus, feasts, and holiday banquets. New York: Hawthorn, 1974.

EasyBib - A painless way to do a bibliography (MLA style only) online. Just cut and paste (or type) your information (title, author, URL, etc.) and EasyBib supplies the appropriate formatting including punctuation, spacing, correct order of entries, etc.

For more information, go to the Citing Sources page on the MEL Library web site, and/or ask library staff for assistance.

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