Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and
Overviews
Essential General
starting points
Start with these for definitions, background information and,
often, further references.
The essential starting ponts are:
Cambridge world
history
of food ed.
Kenneth F. Kiple, 2 vols, 2000
Main collection and Reserve 641.3009 K57c
Davidson, A. The Oxford companion to food, 2nd ed. 2006.
Reference collection 641.3 D252o.2
Encyclopedia of food and
culture, Solomon H. Katz, 3 vols, 2003
Reference collection 394.1203 K19e...also available
online
If you are a remote student, either find these in a local library
or we can sent you relevant exerpts.
Another good trick is to look up your food or concept in the
Oxford English Dictionary online
provides etymology, definition, spellling, date of
origination etc.
Other
General
Culinary biographies : a dictionary of the world’s great historic chefs, cookbook authors and collectors, farmers, gourmets, home economists, nutritionists, restaurateurs, philosophers, physicians, scientists, writers, and others who influenced the way we eat today, ed. Alice Arndt, 2006
Reference colleciton 641.3003 A747c
Ayto, J. A to Z of food and drink. 2002
Reference collection 641.03 A988a
Bender, D. A. Dictionary of food and nutrition. 2nd ed. 2005
in process for
Reference collection
Encyclopedia of food and culture, ed. Solomon H.
Katz 2003.
Reference collection 394.1203 K19e
Larousse gastronomique. 2001
Reference collection 641.503 L332
Andrews, T. Nectar & ambrosia : an encyclopedia of food
in world mythology. 2000
Reference collection 398.27 A571n
Riely, E. The chef's companion : a concise
dictionary of culinary terms
2nd ed. 1996 Reference collection 641.03
R555c
3rd ed. 2003
availalble online
The recipe writer's handbook, Barbara Gibbs
Ostmann, 2001.
Main collection 641.5 O85r
International dictionary of food & cooking : ingredients,
additives, techniques, equipment, menu terms, catering terms, food
science and outline domestic and production recipes, compiled
by Charles G. Sinclair. 1998
Reference collection 641.03
S616i
Menu reader's dictionary: a guide to international menu
terms 2000.
Reference collection 641.503 C699m
Eating out in five
languages, S. Collin, 2nd ed. 2004
Reference collection 641.503 C699e
The Oxford companion to wine, edited by Jancis
Robinson. 1994
Reference collection 663.2003 R662o
Culinary
Quotations
Greig, D. The Australian cook's dictionary. 2000
Reference collection 641.03 G824a
Chassagnard, G. Eurolexique de la cuisine
française. 1998
Reference collection 641.503 C488e
Chassagnard, Guy Eurolexique de la cuisine
française 1998
Reference collection 641.503 C488e
Culinary
French, A Glossary
Mason, L. Traditional foods of Britain : an
inventory. 1999
Barr Smith Main collection 641.30941 M399t
Oxford companion to Italian food, 2008
Reference collection 641.300945 R5733o
Aulonites, M. Triglosso hestiatoriako
lexiko (hellenika-gallika -anglika) 1976
Reference collection 642.503 A924
America
Gay, K. Encyclopedia of North American eating and drinking traditions, customs and rituals. 1996
Reference collection 394.12097 G285e
Oxford encyclopedia of food and drink in America, ed. A. F. Smith, 2 vols, 2004.
Reference collection 641.3003 S6421o
Encyclopedia of American food and drink, ed. John Mariani, 1999.
Reference collection 641.597303 M3332e
Asia
Encyclopedia of Asian food: the definitive guide to
Asian cookery, C. Solomon. 2001.
Reference Collection 641.595 S689e
Hosking, R. A dictionary of Japanese food:
ingredients & culture. 1996
Reference collection 641.300952 H826d
Korean
food guide in
English, the Korea Foundation, 2003
Main collection 641.59519 H239k
A historical dictionary of Indian food, K.T.
Achaya. 1998
Reference collection 641.595403 A176h
Zhong-guo yin shi da ci dian, Zhu bian Lin Zheng-qiu fu
zhu bian Xu Hai-rong. 1991
Reference collection 641.300951 L735z
Scientific
Encyclopedia of food science and technology, ed.
Frederick J. Francis. 4 vols. 2nd ed. 2000
Reference collection 664.003 F818e
Dictionary of food compounds. 2004
Waite CDROMs (this is at the library of the Waite Instittute
campus)
664.003 Y24d CD-ROM
Encyclopedia of food microbiology ed. R. K.
Robinson 2000
Roseworthy Reference 664.001579 R663e
online access under consideration
Encyclopedia of human nutrition ed. M. J.
Sadler 1999
Reference collection 612.3
S126e online access under
consideration
Social Sciences and
History
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral
sciences ed. N. Smelser 2001.
Reference collection 300.3 S638i
Food in the ancient world from A to Z, Andrew
Dalby. 2003
Reference collection 641.3009 D137f
Encyclopedia of kitchen history, Mary E. Snodgrass, 2004
Reference collection 643.309 S673e
Bibliographies
These will give you lists of references on specific topics or lists
of early books on culinary topics.
General
WORLD FOOD HABITS
BIBLIOGRAPHY: English-language resources for the
anthropological study of food.
Kiell, N. Food and drink in literature : a
selectively annotated bibliography 1995.
Reference collection 809.93355016
K47f
Freedman, R. Human food uses : a
cross-cultural, comprehensive annotated
bibliography 1981
Reference collection 394.1016 F853h
State Library of South Australia.
Oenography : words on wine in the State Library of South
Australia, by Valmai Hankel. 1993
Barr Smith Main collection 319.4205 A726 Suppl.29
(supplement to the SA yearbook)
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew
Hazlitt, 1902.
Regional
MacLeod, S. Food systems in Asia : a select bibliography
on changing food habits in Asia 1989
Reference collection 338.195 M165f
Culture and
Society of Hong Kong: A Bibliography - Chinese University Hong
Kong, Anthropology Department see section 4, Food
and Health.
Cagle, W. American books on food and drink: a
bibliographical catalogue of the cookbook collection housed in the
Lilly
Library at Indiana University.
1998.
Reference collection 641.5016 C131a
Maclean, V. A short-title catalogue of household and cookery
books published in the English tongue,
1701-1800 1981
Reference collection 640.16 M163s
Attar, D . A bibliography of household books published in
Britain, 1800-1914. 1987
Reference collection 640.16 A883b
Driver, E. A bibliography of cookery books
published in Britain, 1875-1914. 1989
Reference collection 640.5016 D782b
Gutzke, D. Alcohol in the British Isles from Roman
times to 1996: an annotated bibliography. 1996
Reference collection 394.13016 G985a
Witteveen J. Bibliotheca gastronomica: eten en drinken in
Nederland ed Belgie 1474-1960. 2 vols
1998.
Reference collection 394.12016 W829b
Web resources
General
Le Cordon Bleu
Guild of Food Writers
(UK)
Slow Food movement
Prospect
Bookshop (UK)
Food Museum - not just
history - see their food issues
Index
to the Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium, on Food and Cookery
1981-1998
Foodreference.com
Gourmand
International
Food Resources home page
from Oregon State University
BBC Food pages
and Factual:
the food programme from BBC Radio 4.
Epicurean Online
Chef Talk! A food lover's
link to professional chefs
Copia - The
American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts.
Food site of the
day
Kitchen Chemistry (from MIT) - great scientific information and links.
Tallyrand's
Culinary fare
Leite's
Culinaria
Meaning of
food - from PBS
and for a bit of fun........
Alicia Rios Eating
Cities
Gallery of
regrettable food
Chowhound
The Burnt Food
Museum
Eat Something Sexy
Anthropological and Sociological
WORLD FOOD HABITS
BIBLIOGRAPHY: English-language resources for the
anthropological studey of food.
International
Commission on the Anthropology of Food.
Their related links are very useful.
Association for the Study of
Food and Society (ASFS)
Social
appetite web: a www companion to A Sociology of Food and
Nutrition: The Social Appetite, edited by John Germov and
Lauren Williams, BSL 394.1 G375s
Food and Society -
from the W Kellogg Foundation - promoting safe responsibly grown
food for all people in all communities.
Historical
Rachel Laudan - click
on How to do food history
University of
Adelaide's Research Centre for the History of Food and
Drink
Food and Culinary
History Links from Foodbooks
Online Culinary History
Network
Food Museum
Food History News
(USA) which is in the library at
641.3005 F68634
Medieval/Renaissance Food
Homepage
Ravensgard
food and culinary history
History
of eating utensils
Culinary
History: A Research Guide from the New York Public Library
Lilly
Library: Food and drink at Indiana University
Feast for
the eyes: kitchens, cooking and equipment
AEthelmear
cooks guild: research links to glossaries and period
sources
Historic food:
The website of Ivan Day
Food history links and dcouments
Culinary Archives and Museum
from the Johnson & Wales University
Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive at the William L.
Clements Library, University of Michigan
Netserf - the internet connection for medieval resources - Food and Drink
Henry Notaker's old cookbooks and
food - with a Norwegian emphasis
Timeline of dietary advice, from the Social Issues Research
Centre, Oxford.
Food Timeline also has a section on doing culinary research
Recipes
Epicurious
Regional
Food Fun Wine - a
local South Australian site
South Australian Food
Centre
Tasting
Australia
Food standards code for Australia and New Zealand
New York Food
Museum
Key ingredients:
American by food
A Smithsonian travelling exhibition.
Bon Appetit - a celebration of Canadian food
No Pavlova
Please: Images of Food and Drink in Twentieth-Century New
Zealand
Asian
food explorer
Chinese Imperial cuisines
Foundation of Chinese Dietary culture
Products
World sugar
history newsletter
Trade Products
in Early Modern History
Includes spices and other foods. Short historical articles with
bibliographies.
Chocolate: the
exhibition, from the Field Museum, Chicago
Potato Museum
International Year of the Potato
Related areas
The Library's guides to information sources in other areas
that you may find useful are:
Food Writing
Agricultural and Natural Resource
Sciences. Follow the links to information sources for
Agriculture, Viticulture
and Oenology and Wine marketing.
Nutrition
Obesity
Tourism
Food
microbiology resources
Newsgroups and Blogs
E-Gullett
Foodblog - also has links to other food blogs
Edible San Francisco also has lists of newspaper food sections, food publications, food sites and blogs.
Foodologist - Austrlaian site run by one of our Gastonomy students
Databases for journal
articles
These will provide you with references on a particular topic.
Some
have links to full text. For the others you will have to search for the journal title in our catalogue or in a library near you. If you need to look beyond your local library, go to Finding journals.
Interdisciplinary
Academic OneFile
A collection of nearly 20 million peer-reviewed, articles, a large
proportion of which are full-text in HTML and PDF format from more than 8000 journals with extensive coverage across many subject areas. Coverage 1980-
Academic Search Premier
Full text for over 4000 of the 8000 journals aross all subject areas.
EBSCO Business Source
A very large database covering all aspects of business / commerce related
subjects for over 1,200 journals some indexed back to 1886. Includes food industry, hospitality etc.
JSTOR is a full text searchable library of journals (mainly in
the social sciences and humanities) which contains full content of
elected journals from their first issue up to 3-5 years
ago.
Periodicals index online
is the new name for Periodicals Contents Index
- a database of millions of article citations published in the arts,
humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.
You can search it to find references to older articles in journals (eg 19thC writings)
The full text may then be located in a number of places:
1. Direct link to Periodicals Archive Onlline, which will appear on the PIO results screen.
2. Links to other electronic backfiles of journals held by the library.
3. In print in the library or Store.
4. Other libraries
You can also search Periodical Archive Online
(full text) direct, but you may miss articles that you could locate in one of the other sources (listed 2- 4 above)
Project Muse
offers full text for nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers
covering the fields of history and many other across the social sciences and humanities.Coverage is from about 5 years ago to current, which nicely complements the older issues
in JSTOR.
Scopus: the largest single abstract and citation database of the research
literature. Strong on sciences and social sciences.
Web of Science
Much more than science!
Includes the Arts and humanities citation index and the
Social sciences citation index,
and can be searched by author, keyword or citation eg People
who have written articles since 1980 that have referred to
Beeton, I. Household management.
ISI current contents connect
Current awareness service for new articles as they are
published.
Regional databases
Australia
Australian public affairs - full text: APA-FT.
Includes full text for some journals 1995-
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
This database covers current events, business and popular culture with
access to the full-text of some Australasian and international magazines,
newspapers and some
scholarly journals.
UK
Royal Historical
Society Bibliographies
Asia
Bibliography of Asian Studies.
No full text, but very detailed indexing of Asian studies journals,
essays and books.
Related areas
For history try Historical abstracts
Covers history 1450-, not medieval history, North America or
much on Australia.
For agriculture try CAB or Agricola
For medicine and health sciences try PubMed
(Medline)
For sociology, try
Sociological Abstracts
For psychology, try PsycINFO
For literature, try MLA
Databases for
newspaper articles
Use Factiva, a large international full text news database.
Great for food writing, reviews, current controversies etc.
Covers everything from the New York Times to
Adelaide's Eastern Suburbs Messenger with full text.
See also the
Library's guide to Newspapers and other news
services.
Finding journal locations
For Australian holdings of journals, search
SIAL: Serials in Australian Libraries
For those of you in the UK, try
SUNCAT - Serials UNion CATalogue for the UK research community.
Worldcat for America and beyond.
E - journals
The library provides access to many electronic journals. Some are
free, some are on publishes' websites and some are full-text in
aggregated databases. Their titles are listed in the catalogue and
links are provided. Authentication for remote
users is by university username and password.
eg A search of the catalogue using the keyword "hospitality"
or subject heading "food" and limiting to electronic resources
turns up some very useful titles.
eg
via the catalogue:
International journal of contemporary hospitality
management 1994-
British Food Journal
Abstract: Vol. 91, no.1 1989 - Vol. 95, no.10 1993
Fulltext: Vol. 96, no. 1 1994-
Gastronomica v
2.1- 2002-
or free on the www:
Anthroplogy of food
Finding books
Using the Library catalogue
These terms will help you to search in our
library catalogue, or in that of any other library.
Use
Basic Search for simple searches of title, journal title and
simple topics.
Guided keyword search is better for more complex subjects.
Where electronic versions of journals, articles or books exist, our
catalogue will link directly to them. You can limit your search to
only electronic resources if you are working remotely.
Typical subject headings and terms that you can use in any
keyword or subject heading:
Gastronomy
Food habits--England, France, Australia etc
Food habits--History
Food habits--Social aspects.
Cookery, English, French, Australian etc
Food--Australia
Food--History
Nutrition--Social aspects
Catalogues elsewhere
Students in Adelaide are able to borrow from any of the libraries
of the three universities using their University of Adelaide
student card.
You can search across the three catalogues using the other catalogues option at the top of the
catalogue screen.
You may be near another large library which may have resources for
you.
Within Australia there is University Library
Australia which enables you to register at another university
library.
Our web page provides a gateway to other libraries' catalogues,
which includes access to the National Bbibliographic
database,
Libraries Australia(Kinetica), with holdings from libraries all
over Australia.
For those of you in Sydney,
the library at University of NSW has a good
gastronomy collection.
For those of you in Victoria, search the COOLCAT database, which is a
gateway to the resources of 11 Victorian academic and
research Libraries.
Worldcat
for America and beyond.
Copac for major
British libraries.
or look at Other Library
Catalogues
Google Book Search will take you to some digitised books or, from the page that tells you "about this book", links you to a library catalogue or bookshop near you.
For second hand books try:
Bookfinder
or Alibris, and, for Australian booksellers, Abebooks.
E-books
Brillat-Savarin,
1755-1826
The
physiology of taste, or, transcendental gastronomy [electronic
resource] translated
from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
The Book
of Household Management , Comprising Information for
the Mistress,
Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet,
Upper and under
house-maids, Lady’s-maid, Maid-of-all-work, Laundry-maid, Nurse and
nurse-maid, Monthly,
wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary,
medical, & legal memoranda with a
history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected
with home life and comfort by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, First Published
in a Bound Edition 1861.
Core Historical
Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic
collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth
century and the middle to late
twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural
economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food
science,forestry, human nutrition......(From Cornell)
HEARTH: Home
Economics Archive Research, Tradition, History is a core
electronic collection of books and journals in (American)
Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams
of scholars for their great historical importance. The full
text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on
the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are
all freely accessible on this site.
(From Cornell)
Biblioteca, Universtitat de Barcelona. Colleccions
digitals
Fons Grewe
A digitised library of European (including English) books on food
and cookery from the 16th-18th centuries. Open site, select XVI,
XVII or XVIII century, then click on book title. The screen will
show one page at a time to go forward click on 'endavant' to go
back a page 'enrera' 'inici' seems to mean start at the
beginning
Historical
culinary and brewing documents online.
This page is now part of a project to establish a searchable
Online Culinary History Network.
This page contains links to a growing number of old culinary and brewing texts that are now available online.
Feeding
America: the historic American cookbook project
The Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum have partnered
to create an online collection of some of the most influential and
important American cookbooks from the late 18th to early 20th
century.
Book reviews
There is a resources guide to book reviews.
Finding videos
The library holds a number of videos relating to food and
gastronomy.
Just search the catalogue via keywords and include the term
videorecording or video? in your search. Many are
available for loan within Australia.
Style manuals
Chicago manual of style. 15th ed 2003
Reference collection 808.02 U58.15
also some useful information on its related web
page
And for those embarking on their dissertation.......
Databases for theses
Proquest digital dissertations ......USA and some international
Index
the theses......UK
Theses in
progress and completed in the UK
For further information see the library's guide to Theses
Australian theses can be difficult to find, but some are
available through the Australian
Digital Thesis Program.
The University of Adelaide is a participant in this program.
Information is available on
the library's web page.
For theses produced in Australia, search
Libraries Australia, clicking the limit box for theses.
Managing your
information
As you assemble your references and other bibliographic information
you will need to use Endnote to organise and
format your citations. It is worth spending the time to learn this
software as it will save you hours of work later on. Training and
manuals are available via the library's website.
Document delivery
Often you will need to obtain references that are not available
locally. We can obtain articles, books and chapters for you via our
document delivery service. If you
are registered as a remote
user you can continue to use this service but you
will need the Gastronomy account code to pay for interlibrary loans
(contact Greta Larsen). Local students need to register for
interlibrary loans, get the
account code and then can make requests online.
You don't need to, but if you want to see which libraries hold a
particular item you can use
SIAL: Serials in Australian Libraries for journals or
Libraries Australia: the Kinetica search service for
books and/or journals
In these databases the codes indicate library holdings and the
first letter is the state.
eg N for NSW or A for ACT |
