LibGuides: Culinary Arts & Baking: Books

Search the library catalog to discover books in the SCC/SFCC collection

If needed, include Partner Libraries in your search:

You'll find books on subjects like these and more:

Cooking
Slow food
Farm to table
Foodways
Food habits
Food security
Food and culture
Food history
Food in literature
Restaurant design
Molecular gastronomy
Braising
Baking
Confectionary
Sous-vide cooking
Terroir
Urban agriculture
Small farms
Rooftop gardens
Northwest cooking

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Books about food and foodservice are generally located in these call number areas:

640
690
390 (food and culture)

Example books in the SCC/SFCC Library

There are so many great books about culinary arts, baking, hospitality, food culture, etc. in the SCC Library.

It's hard to select just a few, but here are some example titles:

Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean & Southern Flavors Remixed by Bryant Terry
Call Number: 641.5929 BRYANT 2014
American Terroir: Savoring the Flavors of Our Woods, Waters, and Fields by Rowan Jacobsen
Call Number: 641.013 JACOBSE 2010
American Regional Cuisine by Michael F. Nenes & Art Institutes Staff
Call Number: 641.5973 NENES 2007
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
Call Number: 641.5 POLLAN 2013
The Crimson Spoon: Plating Regional Cuisine on the Palouse by Jamie Callison & Linda Burner Augustine
Call Number: 641.5979 CALLISON 2013
Publication Date: Washington State UP, 2013
Shrubs: An Old-Fashioned Drink for Modern Times by Michael Dietsch
Call Number: 2nd Floor 641.87 DIETSCH 2014
The Food Truck Handbook: Start, Grow, and Succeed in the Mobile Food Business
Call Number: 2nd Floor 647.95 WEBER 2012
The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook: Recipes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian by Richard Hetzler
Call Number: 641.592 HETZLER 2010
Multicultural Cookbook of Life-Cycle Celebrations
Call Number: 641.59 WEBB 2000
Notes From a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi
Call Number: 641.5929 ONWUACH 2019
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat
Call Number: 641.5 NOSRAT 2017
The Urban Farmer: Growing Food for Profit on Leased and Borrowed Land by Curtis Stone
Call Number: 630.9173 STONE 2016

Don't find it at SCC?

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) of materials from other libraries

If you want a book or periodical article that is not available from SCC Library, librarians can often obtain it for you from another library. Library staff will ask that articles and circulation books be sent to an SCC Library for you to pick-up. (Keep in mind that this process can take time, so start your research early.)

To request an item through interlibrary loan, contact the SCC Library.

Partnerships: Academic libraries

The SCC Library participates in a cooperative network of college libraries in Washington and Idaho.

Currently enrolled SCC students can borrow circulating books from these partners by either visiting the library directly (use your SCC ID card to check-out books), or you may ask SCC Library staff to arrange for books to be sent to an SCC/SFCC campus for you to pick-up. Our main college library partners are:

Gonzaga University
Lewis-Clark State College
North Idaho College

Partnership: Public library

Spokane Public Library for SCC students
SCC students and employees are automatically approved for a barcode from Spokane Public Library which enables access to the digital and print collections of books, ebooks, e-magazines, audiobooks, classes, streaming music & videos, and more!

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