Research

  • Pearls Pantry- Searchable glossary of foods from A-Z.
  • Epicurious: Food Lovers Companion - Easy to use on-line edition of "The Food Lover's Companion".
  • McCormick Spice Information -Includes a spice FAQ, emergency substitutions, and spice and herb descriptions.
  • Dictionary of Cooking Terms- Alphabetical cooking dictionary.
  • Food Glossaries
  • Multi-Purpose Sites
  • Recipes

    Nutrition/Food Safety

    Sites Designed for Kids
  • Kids Cooking Club -allows kids to join a cooking club for $12.95 a month.  Kits can be purchased from the company.
  • Sites with Teacher Guides/Lesson Plans
  • National Pork Producers Council - this site has 4-5 neat lesson plans on kitchen safety, Meal Planning, The Food Pyramid etc. Just click on Food Fun for Kids.
  • You Are What You Eat: Guide to Good Nutrition Career Quest - Need a career project? Try this great site! Peapod Internet Grocer -
  • Hannaford Markets - This site contains an interactive meal planner.
  • Fresh Starts - free nutritional information
  • Healthy Refrigerator - free nutritional information
  • Free Stuff for Teachers
  • Institute of Food Technology - Free Video "The Great Food Fight",
  • National Pork Producers Council - Send for a free teachers kit here.
  • Teacher's Kit on the New Food Label - This kit is provided by the FDA and will cost around $5.00.
  • Nutrition Education Materials for Grades Pre-K through 6.
  • How My Parents Learned to Eat - This site will help plan a lesson around cultural differences between Japan and the U.S.
  • Food Risks: Perception versus Reality - lesson plan
  • Fight BAC- Sponsored by the Partnership for Food Safety Education. This site contains all kinds of teaching tools for food safety.
  •  Created & Maintained by Peggy Zurn, Advised by the Family & Consumer Science Curriculum Committee