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Key Resources Cookery & Culinary Arts
General Collection Textbooks & Recommended Readings Reference Journals Databases Websites

 


General Collection

The following subject headings are useful to find items:

Alcoholic Drinks 641.21 First Aid 616.0252
Bartending 641.41 Food Handling and Hygiene 363.192
Catering 647.95 Food Service 642.4/647.95
Cookery 641.5 Hospitality 647.94
Cookery - Meat 641.66 Kitchen Equipment 643.3
Cookery - Vegetables 641.65 Pastry 641.865
Cooking Techniques 641.503 Restaurants 647.95
Customer Service 658.812 Waiting 642.6
Desserts 641.86 Wine 641.22

Search the catalogue (Type keywords in the search window, e.g.: desserts)

 


Textbooks & Recommended Readings

Course texts and selected recommended readings are held in the restricted loan collection.
Please ask for them at the front service desk. Your tutors should provide you with a full list of readings.

Course texts - two hour loan. Selected recommended readings - three day loan.

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The Reference Collection


Online Reference books

 


Britannica Online - a great all round general online encyclopedia with links to millions of articles, definitions, facts, etc.
(password required off campus).

 


Credo Reference (formerly XRefer Plus) is a completely customizable ready-reference solution for learners and librarians. Its full-text, aggregated content covers every major subject from the world's best publishers of reference. There are over 225 titles consisting of an aggregate of 2.9 million entries all interconnected by over 100,000,000 links.

The list of titles includes -



 

The Print Reference Collection:

  • Located by the front service desk
  • Contains materials such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories and yearbook.
  • Provides concise, factual information which help you to define your subject area.
  • Check out other reference resources online by clicking on the hotlink Reference Tools.
The concise Larousse gastronomique R641.503 CON
The creative cooking course R641.5 CRE
Fresh NZ vegies: a user's handbook R641.35 GOU
The illustrated herb encyclopedia R635.7 KEV
International dictionary of food and cooking R641.503 INT
Le repertoire de la cuisine (17th ed.) R641.503 SAU
The Oxford companion to food R641.3003 DAV
Websters new world dictionary of culinary arts R641.503 WEB
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Journals

  • Provide current ideas and information on a subject.
  • The catalogue states what volumes/issues we hold. It cannot tell you what articles are inside of each journal. Use a database to find articles - see below.
Art Culinaire 647.94 ART Food Technology in New Zealand 664 FOO
Australian Gourmet Traveller 641.5 AUS Here's Health 613 HER
Caterer & Hotelkeeper 647.95 CAT Hospitality 647.94 HOS
Cuisine 641 CUI Restaurants & Institutions 647.95 RES
Food and beverage 647.95 FOO  


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Databases

Use an online database to find journal articles.Type keywords in the database search window.

EBSCOHost

Research databases
 

(off campus password required)
  • Academic Search Elite
    Multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.
  • Business Source Premier
    The industry's most used business research database, providing full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance & economics. Updated daily on EBSCO host.
  • MasterFILE Premier multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest.
  • Hospitality & Tourism Index
    Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 500 journals covering the hospitality & tourism industry. (Password required off campus).


Gale Cengage

Culinary Arts Database
Culinary Arts Collection

The Culinary Arts Collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines from 1980 to present. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Hospitality database
Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Collection

This collection of more than 800 journals and 29 subject specific Delmar reference titles provide well-rounded coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism fields.

 

 












To choose databases
click the EBSCOhost icon:

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Videos & DVDs

We have a range of cookery and culinary videos designed to compliment your study. These can be found on the AV shelves at 641.

 

 

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  Websites  
 

Alcohol.org.nz - www.alcohol.org.nz
The website of the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand. It's primary objective is to promote moderation in the use of alcohol and to develop and promote strategies that will reduce alcohol related problems nationwide.


 

All Recipes.com - www.allrecipes.com
A website that gives you recipes, meal ideas and cooking advice.


 
 
 

BBC Food - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food


 
  Cuisine - www.cuisine.co.nz
One of the most comprehensive food, wine & associated good living online resources in NZ. Including: a huge archive of recipes, wine tastings, travel tips, cooks' tools, books and more.

 
  Epicurious - www.epicurious.com
Thousands of recipes online, with information about all sorts of topics dealing with food including: an eating etiquette guide, a food and wine dictionary, recipes for making cocktails etc.

  Franchise New Zealand - www.franchise.co.nz
Expert advice on buying your own franchise and franchising your own business.

 
 

Global Drinks - www.globaldrinks.com
Dynamic online beverage data and charting for country, regional and global scopes in over 14 beverage categories for the years 1997- to the present.


  Hospitality Industry - www.hospitality-industry.com
A portal that gives all the latest news from the industry and links to interesting related sites.

 

John's Grocery - www.johnsgrocery.com
This family owned business strives to educate the customer on the diversity, history, and benefits of imported and microbrewed beer. One of the Internet's best sites for information about beer.


 

Milly's Kitchen - www.millyskitchen.co.nz
The site to go to browse and buy all those kitchen gadgets that make life so much easier.


 
  Menus - www.menus.co.nz
Features the best Auckland and Wellington Restaurants with photos, menus, and more.

 

New Zealand Beef & Lamb - www.nzbeeflamb.co.nz
Promoting the use of NZ beef and lamb, this is an excellent sites for recipes and meal ideas, whether for the family or a restaurant meal.


 

New Zealand Pork Industry Board - www.nzpork.co.nz
For everything you ever wanted to know about pork in New Zealand, including recipes, information on pig farming and teaching resources.


 

New Zealand Seafood Industry - www.seafood.co.nz
Aims to promote the seafood industry in New Zealand. Website also provides recipes, information on handling and cooking as well as teaching resources.


 
 

New Zealand Wine - www.nzwine.com
Provides information on New Zealand wine regions, wine styles, wineries, education, events statistics, research and reports.


 

Restaurant Association of New Zealand - www.restaurantnz.co.nz
The Association serves and represents owners and managers of food service operations. It is the principal party representing this industry
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Taste Magazine - http://www.taste.co.nz


 
 

Top Food Sites - http://www.topfoodsites.com


 
 

Wine Sense - www.winesenz.co.nz
Combining both global and regional perspectives, Wine Sense offers a basic training course in wine tasting, as well as a guide to the finer points of blind tasting and style deconstruction.


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