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Below is a list of resources to aide you in your research of the iconic American food you've chosen for the American Eats Research Project. There are a multitude of places to investigate. This pathfinder will help you find information in books, magazines, computer programs, videos, and on the Internet about your topic .

*** A good place to start is on the reference materials page where you can use the OWL website to refresh you about the steps in the writing process ***

Reference

Materials

These sites and books will help you with the steps necessary to create your research paper and a works cited page.

The Writing Process- This Website produced by Purdue University will help you along when you get stuck on what to do next on the research paper. It provides information in how to create a thesis, complete an outline, cite sources, etc...

Noodletools.com- Offers a list of free software tools that include research topic analysis, answers to MLA and APA questions, and automatic citation creation.

Citation Machine- This site provides help in generating citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago style.

Describes the steps in writing a term paper, including choosing a topic, doing research, writing an outline, taking notes, doing a rough draft, and editing the final paper.

R 808 Gib Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. A style manual for preparing research papers. Includes information on citing electronic publications.

K 808 Wri Bankhead, Betty. Write It! A Guide for Research . A complete guide to writing a research paper. Takes students through writing process. Includes MLA format bibliography instructions and a sample research paper with in-text citations.

641.597 Dam D'Amico, Joan. The United States Cookbook: Fabulous Foods and Fascinating Facts from all 50 States .

Provides information about the fifty states along with a recipe native to each of them, such as Boston baked beans from Massachusetts, crab cakes from Maryland, Key lime pie from Florida, corn dogs from Iowa, and taco soup from New Mexico.

616.398 San Sanna, Ellyn. America's Unhealthy Lifestyle: Supersize It! Introduction -- The supersized lifestyle -- The history of American eating -- A passion for bigness -- Supersized business -- Where do we go from here?

641.3 Cam Kiple, Kenneth. The Cambridge World History of Food. A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.

641.3 Foo Flandrin, Jean Louis. Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present. A collection of essays in which various authors explore the culinary evolution and eating habits of cultures around the world, covering a period that ranges from prehistory to the end of the twentieth century.

641 Tra Trager, James. The Food Chronology: A Food Lover's Compendium of Events and Anecdotes, from Prehistory to the Present. Discusses the history of food and how humans have progressed from a diet of roots and berries to one of doughnuts and coffee. Includes more than 13,000 entries in twenty-eight areas such as agriculture, technology, transportation, and retailing.

641.3 Ros Rosenblum, Mort. Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light. In this scintillating narrative, acclaimed foodie Mort Rosenblum delves into the complex world of chocolate. Engaging, entertaining, and revealing, this text is an intriguing foray into the "food of the gods."

641.59 His Thurman, Sue. The Historical Cookbook of the American Negro. Contains historical facts, photos, personal anecdotes, and a variety of recipes that reflect the many cultural traditions of African-Americans.

641.3 Dav Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food . Contains 2,650 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of food and food products and their use; including essays on staple foods, national and regional cuisines, food preservation, food science and diet, cookbooks and their authors, and many other topics. (Return to Top)

Grolier Online -is an online multimedia encyclopedia written for readers, middle school through to junior secondary levels. Included are an excellent World Atlas, Time Lines, a Dictionary plus an up-to-date world database of countries, peoples and places. GME updating occurs monthly. (See the librarian for our schools login information)

Electric Library- This is a subscription search service that provides access to full text of magazines, newspapers, and newswires; books, transcripts, pictures and maps.

Tennessee Electronic Library - A database of thousands of articles and reference material on a variety of subjects. See your librarian for the password.

If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate additional book resources about American foods, food history, and cooking; look for these numbers.

*John Ratzenberger's Made in America - Host John Ratzenberger brings you the stories of the best people, places and products in the United States.

* Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo- Host Mark DeCarlo travels across America to destinations that have made food famous - it's a look at America and its favorite passion: food.

*Hot Dog Heavens- Discusses the history of the hotdog and some of the famous hotdog establishments across the country.

*The Secret Life of ...- Did you ever wonder, as you crack open a lobster or peel away the layers of an artichoke, who discovered the different foods we eat? As you pop that chocolate kiss into your mouth, did you ever question where chocolate came from? All of the foods we eat have a history -- a secret life that we know nothing about. Take a lighthearted look at these foods and find out why we eat what we eat.

*Unwrapped - Ever wondered where the tiny marshmallows in your breakfast cereal came from? Have we got a show for you! Each week, Unwrapped uncovers behind-the-scenes details on classic American food, from peanut butter and chocolate syrup to French fries and bubblegum.

*Top 5 - Sticky buns, deep-fried candy bars, TV dinners, flambe and $20,000 cakes. From quirky to outrageous, Top 5 pays homage through food to the Top 40 countdown shows each generation has grown to love.

The Food Timeline -This website gives a timeline of famous foods across history. It also contains the history behind some famous foods.

Key Ingredients-America by Food - This is the online educational companion to the Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibition. It contains all sorts of information about iconic American foods.

Digital History- This website contains an article about the history of food in America.

American Feast- This site contains information about food, dining, and entertaining in the United States.