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About.com: Chinese Cuisine

http://chinesefood.about.com/

An Internet guide for the food of the people of China, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include cooking basics, chefs, breakfast, restaurants, recipes, and Szechuan, Cantonese and Peking cuisines.

Author: Rhonda Parkinson (chinesefood.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Chinese

About.com: Japanese Cuisine

http://japanesefood.about.com/

An Internet guide for the food of the people of Japan, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include drinks, tofu, rice, seafood, egg dishes, cookware, and sushi.

Author: Setsuko Yoshizuka (japanesefood.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Japanese

About.com: Southern U.S. Cuisine

http://southernfood.about.com/

An Internet guide for the food of the people of the southern United States, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include cooking basics, canning, drying & curing, recipes, casseroles, desserts, and African-American & Cajun cuisines.

Author: Diana Rattray (southernfood.guide@about.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--United States Culture

All-Kosher Index™

http://www.kosher.co.il/

"A comprehensive database of everything Kosher." Highlights of this site include a worldwide database of Kosher restaurants, companies, factories, and products; an international Kosher restaurant guide; and a directory of Kashrut authorities (each listing includes the authority's Kosher sign and contact information). The Kosher Times, UKA's Kashrut magazine, is also available here. Finally, there is a worldwide listing of Mikvaot, which includes name, address, and contact information.

Author: United Kashrut Authority (rabbiakiva@kosher.co.il)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Restaurants

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Kosher; Kashrut; Kashruth; Mikvah; Mikvaos

Asia Food

http://www.AsiaFood.org/

An online resource of Asian food terms and recipes from Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia of Asian Food. Search the glossary by keyword or browse through an alphabetical listing. Search the recipes by keyword, type of dish, and region. Includes information on tea classification.

Author: Asia Society

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American

AsiaRecipe.Com

http://www.asiarecipe.com/

An "everything you wanted to know" resource about Asian recipes and cooking. The highlights of the site are the country-specific areas, which provide a historical and cultural profile of each of 2 dozen Asian nations, followed by recipes for main dishes, vegetarian dishes, sauces, and desserts from each country. The site also includes general information on ingredients and cooking techniques and equipment. A separate section of site deals with herbs and contains a list of herbs, an herb glossary, herbal remedies and folklore.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American

Keywords: Asian cooking; Herbs

El Boricua

http://www.elboricua.com/

An educational site dedicated to Puerto Rico's culture and history.Specifically designed for second and third generation Boricuas as a place where they can learn about their roots in English in simple and basic terms. Information about the Taínos (the original inhabitants of the island), African cultural influence, national symbols, children's songs, holidays, poets, and food (including recipes).

Author: Ivonne Figueroa (elboricua@elboricua.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Regional & Country Information--Caribbean

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Latin American/Hispanic

Keywords: Puerto Rico; Puerto Ricans; Taino; Boriquen; Borinquen

A Cajun Family's Recipe Book

http://www.cajun-recipes.com/

"The enclosed recipes have been gathered from the household of a Cajun family who live in Franklin, Louisiana, USA." Very extensive, and covers more than just Cajun food.

Author: Merlin P. Bodin (mpb1131@usl.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Cajun

Chili!

http://www.tpoint.net/~wallen/chili.html

Texan, Wayne Allen presnts his own chili recipes and the recipes of others along with tips and notes on chili preparation. The chili related resources and recipes will link you to other online recipe collections, societies and cookoffs.

Author: Wayne Preston Allen (wallen@tpoint.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Chili

La Cocina Mexicana

http://mexico.udg.mx/cocina/

Recipes for Mexican food, in Spanish and English.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Regional & Country Information--North America--Mexico

Keywords: Mexican

The Congo Cookbook: African Recipes

http://www.congocookbook.com/

A collection of recipes from all over the African continent, with with observations about African food and cooking. Recipes are grouped by region and by ingredients. Info about other African cookbooks also provided.

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

The Creole and Cajun Recipe page

http://www.gumbopages.com/recipe-page.html

Offers a searchable selection of recipes from New Orleans, Southern Louisiana, and Acadiana or 'Cajun country.'

Author: Chuck Taggart (chuck@gumbopages.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Regional & Country Information--North America--United States--Southeastern

Keywords: Recipes; Cajun; Creole; Gumbo

FAQ: Kosher Food (rec.food.cuisine.jewish)

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/kosherfaq.htm

Frequently Asked Questions - Kosher Foods explains what constitutes kosher foods; includes a glossary of non-English terms, and lists of Internet resources, commercial resources, restaurants, etc.

Author: rec.food.cuisine.jewish (rfcj-board@qwikweb.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

First~Class Prasadam: A Collection of Recipes & Instructions

http://www.islandnet.com/krsna/science/taste/prasadam/recipes.htm

Published by Hare Kryshnas, "this offered collection of recipes is intended to spread the mercy of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We invite the devotees to share their favorite recipes - and best kept secrets - for Krsna conscious dishes. We will also include here the offering prayers and practices, and suggestions for preparing and distributing prasadam." Many of the recipes are traditionally Indian dishes.

Author: Rocana Dasa (rocana@islandnet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Vegetarian

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Other Faiths

Keywords: Recipe; Hare; Kryshna; Krsna; Prayer; Bhagavad-Gita; Indian

The Global Gastronomer: Cuisines of the World

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/hupfer/global/gastronomer.html

Browse geographically to find Internet sites with recipes from regions throughout the world.

Author: Susanne Hupfer (hupfer-susanne@cs.yale.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Recipes

Global Gourmet

http://www.globalgourmet.com/

"Celebrate the romance of foods, exotic spices and international travel with the Global Gourmet. Here, we taste the world country by country. Each nation has a Backgrounder that explains the cultural, historical and geographical influences, as well as What to Eat, Menu Guides and, in some cases, special reports on holidays or unique customs, like finger tapping in Chinese tea houses or the tomato fights of Tomatina, Spain."

One begins the culinary journey by either clicking on the name of a particular country or region, or by searching with keywords.

Author: Kate Heyhoe (kate@globalgourmet.com.)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Recipe; Regional

Indian Recipes FTP Site

ftp://wpi.wpi.edu/recipes/

Recipes for Indian food collected from the net. Available only in postscript and TeX formats.

Author: Somesh Rao (somesh@cs.wpi.edu)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Indian

Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan

http://www.pbs.org/mpt/jewishcooking/

Based upon Joan Nathan's books and televion show, this site aims to explain the origins and reasons behind Jewish foods and holiday customs associated with them. It also includes recipes, ways to order books and videos and helpful cooking hints. Joan Nathan is a highly respected author and chef both in and out of the Jewish community. This site reflects that.

Author: Joan Nathan

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: kosher; recipes

Kosher Express Recipes

http://www.marketnet.com/mktnet/kosher/recipes/

Collection of high holiday recipes; Passover main dishes, breakfast and dessert recipes. The site has links to Passover usenet archives and Kosher resources.

Author: MarketNet, Inc. (kosher@marketnet.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Jewish; Kosher; Recipes

Koshernic

http://www.koshernic.com/

"Koshernic is a searchable database of kosher restaurantsaround the world. It provides reviews, ratings, maps and drivingdirections. It is fully searchable by location, keyword, Hashgacha,cuisine, etc."

Author: Koshernic Ltd. (contact@koshernic.cjb.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Restaurants

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Keywords: Kosher; Kashrut

KosherQuest

http://www.kosherquest.org/

"KosherQuest is the Web site of the Kosher Information Bureau. It is the most comprehensive Web site regarding Kashrus in the world. KosherQuest ... provides an outstanding resource for the Kosher consumer listing over 30,000 products that are reliably certified as Kosher. Product search is only one of many features of this site. The Web site is designed with a magazine format, and has articles that are updated regularly. Besides feature articles, KosherQuest has a Kosher update/alert section, listing new products and changes in Kashrus status of products; a recipe section; an ask the Rabbi section, listing questions answered by Rabbi Eliezer Eidlitz."

Author: Kosher Information Bureau (bhrebbe@pacbell.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Arts & Humanities--Religion & Theology--Faiths & Denominations--Judaism

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Jewish

Mangiare Bene

http://www.mangiarebene.net/

"An Italian Internet recipe archive and guide to Italian cooking; traditional, regional, innovative Mediterranean cuisine." Features several categories of recipes and a section on terminology, etiquette, and cooking tips. Also features recipes from "Great Chefs" in Italy and recipes from movies. The site is available in Italian, English, and Japanese.

Author: Marina Malvezzi Needham and Christabel Burton Galvano Christabel Burton Galvano (suggestions2@mangiarebene.net)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: recipes; Italian; cooking; Italy

Milioni Magazine Online

http://www.milioni.com/

Resource dedicated to Italian cuisine. "Millions of info, recipes, ideas, suggestions, wines, events, tips, culinary secrets, ingredients, cooking classes, etc..."

Author:

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Italian; Cooking; Italy

The Olde Cookery Book (tOCB)

http://www.bahnhof.se/~chimbis/tocb/index.html

This site contains old European recipes, most of medieval origin. The titles of each of the recipes are printed in their native language while the rest of the recipe is given in English. Although this can be somewhat confusing, the fact that the titles are written in different languages can lead to interesting discoveries. If you go to the Table of Contents you will also have the option of seeing the recipes sorted by main ingredient, alphabetically, chronologically, or geographically. Two other interesting features of this site are the Recipe of the Month and Library section of the site. The Recipe of the Month has "articles on seasonal dishes... [with] historical background and a few recipes along a special theme." The Library includes the bibliographies which the site's compiler referred to in creating the site, as well as lists other related resources.

Author: Martin Skjöldebrand (chimbis@bahnhof.se)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Recipe; Medieval; Swedish; Sweden; French; metric conversion

Oneida Indian Nation - Native Foods

http://www.oneida-nation.net/food-index.html

"Known as the "sustainers of life," the Iroquois consider corn, beans and squash to be special gifts from the Creator. The well-being of each crop is believed to be protected by one of the Three Sister Spirits. Many an Indian legend has been woven around the "Three Sisters" -sisters who would never be apart from one another- sisters who should be planted together, eaten together and celebrated together." These recipes feature the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash. They were designed to help people "regain healthy diet and exercise habits by returning to their traditional foods, with the added benefit of current nutrition knowledge, which teaches us how to limit the amounts of fat and salt in our diet."

Author: Dan Umstead (umstead@oneida-nation.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Health & Medical Sciences--Nutrition & Diet

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Native American

Keywords: Recipes; Native American; Oneida; Nutrition; Low-Fat; Low-Salt

Rolling Your Own Sushi

http://www.rain.org/~hutch/sushi.html

Learn to roll your own sushi at home with help from recipes and diagrams at this site.

Author: Mark S. Hutchenreuther (hutch@rain.org)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Japanese

Keywords: Japanese; Sushi

Skafferiet: Receptsök

http://www.ica.se/

"A searchable database with several thousand recipes ranging from everyday fare to formal dinners. All recipes in Swedish."

Author: ICA

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Sweden; Recipes

Soul Food Cookbook

http://www.soulfoodcookbook.com/

"A collective cookbook of Recipes, for all to enjoy culinary delights born from the Black/African American, Jamaican and Caribbean cultures."

Author: Mountain Top Enterprises LLC (webmaster@soulfoodcookbook.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Recipes & Cookbooks

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--African/African-American

The Sushi Guide

http://nmd.hyperisland.se/studentzone/crew2/martin_ragnevad/

This guide to preparing and eating sushi is filled with recipes, step-by-step directions, and accompanying illustrations. The illustrations can make the site a little slow to load.

Author: Martin Ragnevad (martin.ragnevad@hyperisland.se)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Thai Cuisine

http://www.nectec.or.th/users/joy/SCTrecipes/

"Thai cuisine is clearly an inseparable part of Thai culture. The following not only describes common Thai recipes and cooking by Thai natives but also proudly shows Thai culture and heritage. Many of the recipes are taken from Soc.Culture.Thai's Archives.

Author: Joy Aswalap (joy@nectec.or.th)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Thai; Thailand; Recipe

Tokyo Food Page

http://www.twics.com/~robbs/l1-3.html

For the lover of Japanese food, this site offers information on a variety of Japanese specialty cuisines, a listing of restaurants in Tokyo, articles on Japanese food beautifully illustrated with photographs, and Japanese recipes.

Author: Robb Satterwhite (webmaster@bento.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism--Asia

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Japanese

Keywords: Japanese; Tokyo; Restaurants

True Southern Family Recipes

http://www.aheb.com/cookbook/index.html

Over 300 recipes of southern cooking; the full text of the book is available online. It "has clear, easy instructions and helpful hints for quick meals with outstanding flavor. Designed to make your life easier, it uses simple ingredients and a variety of spices."

Author: Drew W. Weeks (foxhunt@colum.mindspring.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Food--Ethnic

Keywords: Recipes; Southern; United States

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