Culinary Arts   Tags: bakery, baking, cooking, culinary, food, pastry  

Search the Library Catalog to find books in the CCS libraries on subjects like:

• Cooking
• Gastronomy
• Molecular gastronomy
• Braising (Cooking)
• Food
• Baking
• Confectionery
• Beverages
• Wine tasting
• Appetizers
• Tapas
• Sushi
• Food service
• Food and wine pairing
• Garnishes
• Sous-vide cooking
• Nutrition
• Sugar-free diet
• Cooking, American
• Cooking, Spanish
• Cooking, American - Pacific Northwest style

You can also try a Keyword search in the library catalog:

"regional cooking"

"regional cuisine"

 Books on food are generally shelved in these call number areas:

• 640s
• 690s
• 390s (food and culture)

Use the library databases below to access eBooks from on or off campus. From home, login using your SID number.

Example ebook:

The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional 

Here is a list of topics which you may want to research. These topics were suggested by SCC's Culinary Arts instructors:

• Anodized aluminum cookware
• NSF
• Combi ovens
• Induction cooktops
• Forged/stamped knives
• Maillard reaction
• Starch gelatinization
• Infrared heat transfer
• Collagen/gelatin
• Microwave cooking
• Sous vide
• Lecithin (egg, soy)
• Colloid/hydrocolloid
• Cartilage/connective tissue as it relates to stocks
• Roux/slurry
• Emulsification
• Consommé/stock clarification
• Cellulose/pectin
• Vegetable pigments
• Organic/natural labeling and regulation
• Vegetables:  Roots/tubers
• Vegetables: stalks, stems, shoots
• Vegetables: seeds and pods
• Vegetables: gourds
• Russet Burbank potato
• Fingerling potatoes
• Heirloom vegetables
• Solanine

Search tips:

1. Phrase searching: remember to enclose a string of 2 words or more in quotation marks when conducting a BASIC or KEYWORD search:

"induction cooktops"

2. Other terms: Use a variety of search terms to get different results. For example:

emulsifiers or emulsification

"induction cooktops"   or   "induction hobs"   or   "induction cooking"

3. You may search a single topic or you can combine several concepts in one search. This works best in article databases like ProQuest and Associates Programs Source Plus:

emulsifiers and cooking

"infrared heat transfer" and cooking

"fingerling potatoes" and recipes

"vegetable gardening" and heirloom

4. Use truncation in article databases to retrieve all forms of a word like in this example:

Consommé and clarif*

(This search will retrieve all articles in Associates Programs Source Plus which contains both the word Consommé and any word staring with the spelling: c-l-a-r-i-f, like clarify, clarifying, clarification, etc.)

Check out this recently-added title:   

The Science of Good Cooking from Cook's Illustrated.      641.3 SCIENCE    

In understandable language this book explains the scientific principles at work in many everyday cooking activities.  (Find it in the Library's NEW section)

Use library databases like Associates Programs Source Plus and ProQuest to find articles on your topic in:

• magazines
• trade publications
• newspapers
• scholarly journals

Off-campus access to databases? Login using your SID

Browse our print periodicals (2 week check-out)

The library has print subscriptions to:

• Bon Appetit
• Cooking Light
• Food Network Magazine

The library also has print copies of selected volumes of:

• Art Culinaire (Some volumes are available on the library 2nd floor. Call number in the oversize books is 641.5 ART CUL)

In addition to using the SCC Library, you may wish to use the collections of your local library. Below are a few of the periodicals held in two local libraries. Contact these libraries to learn more about their Culinary Arts collections or to learn about accessing their print and electronic periodicals.

Spokane Public Library has the following periodicals:

• Bon Appetit (print)
• Cook's Illustrated   (print; 2008-present)
• Cook's Country (print;2010 - present)
• Gastronomica (electronic)
• Gourmet (print & electronic)
• Gourmet News (electronic)

Spokane County Library has the following periodicals:

• Bon Appetit (print)
• Clean Eating (print)
• Cooking Light (print)
• Country Living (print)
• Real Simple (print)
• Tauton's Fine Cooking (print)

Both libraries have electronic databases with many more periodicals on all topics. Check with your local library's collections if you live outside of Spokane, or ask a librarian for help.

To check the full collection, you can contact the library directly or search their collections through their webpage. 

To find more ebooks in this database, type search terms in the search boxes (like "food service") then limit your source type or publication type to Book or Books.

• A-Z of Food Safety (2007)
• Encyclopedia of Restaurant Forms: A Complete Kit of Ready-to-Use Checklists, Worksheets & Training Aids for a Successful Food Service Operation (2004)
• Encyclopedia of Restaurant Training: A Complete Ready-to-Use Training Program for All Positions in the Food Service Industry (2005)
• Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers & Food Lovers (2008)
• Food Technology & Biotechnology (2006)
• Global Cases on Hospitality Industry (2008)
• Kent's Technology of Cereals (1994)
• Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan & Feasibility Study (2004)
• Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate & Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation (2007)
• Snack Food (1995)
• Waiter & Waitress & Wait Staff Training Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Proper Steps in Service for Food & Beverage Employees (2005)