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Culinary Arts & Related Programs at VGCC

Culinary Arts
The Culinary Arts curriculum provides specific training required to prepare students to assume positions as trained culinary professionals in a variety of food service settings including full service restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering operations, contract food service, and health care facilities.
Basic Baking Certificate
The Culinary Arts curriculum provides specific training required to prepare students to assume positions as trained culinary professionals in a variety of food service settings including full service restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering operations, contract food service, and health care facilities.
Restaurant Hospitality Certificate
The Culinary Arts curriculum provides specific training required to prepare students to assume positions as trained culinary professionals in a variety of food service settings including full service restaurants, hotels, resorts, clubs, catering operations, contract food service, and health care facilities.

Culinary Arts : New Print Materials

Take Note: The print materials listed here are not an exhaustive list of the available library resources for the Culinary Arts degree & related programs. If looking for other materials, please consult the library catalog or meet with one of VGCC's librarians.

Cast Iron Cooking
Call Number: TX 840 .S55 C375 2017
ISBN: 9781680229776
Publication Date: 2017
Deep Run Roots by Vivian Howard
Call Number: TX 715.2 .S68 H69 2016
ISBN: 9780316381109
Publication Date: 2016
Essentials of Roasting by Chuck Williams
Call Number: TX 690 .R64 2009
ISBN: 9780848733001
Publication Date: 2009
Food Safety: a Reference Handbook by Nina E. Redman; Michele Morrone
Call Number: TX 531 .R44 2017
ISBN: 9781440852626
Publication Date: 2017
Gastrophysics: the New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
Call Number: TX 631 .S679 2017
ISBN: 9780735223462
Publication Date: 2017
Honey: a global history by Lucy Long
Call Number: TX 560 .H7 L66 2017
ISBN: 9781780237336
Publication Date: 2017
One Hundred Million Years of Food by Stephen Le; Anna deVries (Editor)
Call Number: TX 369 .L396 2016
ISBN: 9781250050410
Publication Date: 2016
Oxford Companion to Food by Alan Davidson; Tom Jaine (Editor)
Call Number: REF TX 349 .D36 O9 2014
ISBN: 9780199677337
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Welcome to Culinary School by Daniel Traster
Call Number: TX 911.3 .V62 T73 2015
ISBN: 9780134185651
Publication Date: 2016-01-07

Culinary Databases

Associates Programs Source Plus (EBSCO)
Covers key subjects in two-year college settings, including cosmetology, culinary arts, substance abuse counseling, and electrical technology, to name a few. The database includes over 2,000 full-text journals and over 300 full-text e-books.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference offers online access to 1,250 reference books covering all major academic disciplines. Includes a selection of comprehensive cookbooks and food reference titles.
Culinary Arts (Gale OneFile)
A smorgasbord of information—including recipes and articles—from more than 250 major cooking and nutrition magazines, as well as online reference books. (Formerly InfoTrac Culinary Arts Collection)
Ebook Central Academic and Public Library Complete
Scholarly ebook titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction on topics such as school & studying, career development, arts & leisure, and practical life skills.
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Over 26,000 fiction, reference, scholarly, and professional books online. For tutorials and other help on using EBSCO ebooks on different computers and devices, visit the eBooks on EBSCOhost support page.
Films on Demand
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, home and how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale Ebooks)
Searchable collection of online reference titles.
PrepSTEP
A suite of test preparation materials covering core academic skills, career preparation, graduate school admissions, and placement testing. Registration is required so that users can track their progress.
ProQuest Career & Technical Education Database
Vocational information on technical topics, such as computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales and retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.
ProQuest Entrepreneurship Database
Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.

Related Periodicals

BetterBaking.com
Each monthly issue features recipes that balance seasonal, holiday, classic, and contemporary home baking, as well as include a savory recipe or two. Issues have some recipes that are free and there is a free subscription. Individuals can also upgrade to a paid subscription.
Chef Magazine
"Strives to assist foodservice professionals make the right decisions for their businesses by delivering ideas, information and inspiration for success." This magazine has a free subscription and individuals can upgrade to paid subscription.
Food & Drink (2006-present)
Profiles successful companies in foodservice, distribution and processing
Saveur (2009-present)
Provides information about food in all its contexts, emphasizing heritage and tradition, home cooking and real food, evoking flavors from around the world.

Culinary Websites

American Bakers Association
"The Washington D.C.-based voice of the wholesale baking industry. ABA represents the interests of bakers before the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and international regulatory authorities. ABA advocates on behalf of more than 700 baking facilities and baking company suppliers."
American Culinary Federation
"The culinary leader in offering educational resources, training, apprenticeship and programmatic accreditation designed to enhance professional growth for all current and future chefs and pastry chefs."
EatRight
A site put up by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Food Safety
A federal government site with recent food safety information.
International Association of Culinary Professionals
"Connecting culinary professionals with the people, places, and knowledge they need to succeed."
National Restaurant Association
"The largest foodservice trade association in the world*—supporting over 500,000 restaurant businesses. In partnership with our state restaurant associations, we work every day to empower all restaurant owners and operators to achieve more than they thought possible."

VGCC Library Services

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For Culinary Arts & Related Programs Information

Jillian Whitlow

Instructor, Culinary Technology

919-690-0312

whitlowj@vgcc.edu