Finding Your Culinary Roots Resources

Today you are going to start "Research My Food Culture"!

You should research the cuisine of one culture from your heritage. In order to do this, I have found the following resources to help get you started!

  1. Start Here:

This website will give you up to date, verified information about your country:

World Factbook 

2.  Next:

Access these ebooks specifically on culture and cuisine.  If I were you, I would print each article!   The BEST resources in this list are the Junior Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes, Food Cultures of the World, and the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture - so start there.  

Cuisine Ebooks in Library

Password (only needed from home):  pennsbury

Click "Finding your Roots" on the left hand side

Then search your Country

3.  Next:

4.  Next: 

Check out The Foodlover's Atlas of the World books that are physically here in the library.  Feel free to make copies of the pages that pertain to your country/culture.  

5.  Finally:

Google!  Just make sure the site you are using is reputable.  Ask Mrs. Thompson for help.