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Culinary Arts & Baking

Research resources, tips, and support from SCC librarians

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

 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

Prefer to browse the library shelves?

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

  • 640 - 643.3 (Culinary Arts & Baking)
  • 647 - 647 (Restaurants, management, business, hospitality, service, etc.)
  • 663 - 664 (Food science, processing, & chemistry: Kombucha, pickling, preservation, processing, butchering, molecular gastronomy, etc.)
  • 394.1 - 394.13 (Food & 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:

Don't find it at SCC? Ask at the library

SCC students have access to partner library collections

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) of materials from other libraries

If you want a book or article that's not available from SCC Library, request it using the form linked below.

Library staff will do their best to obtain the item for you.

  • Articles are emailed to you within a week
  • Books are sent to an SCC/SFCC library or Center for you to borrow, or librarians will arrange another way for you to access the book.

NOTE: It can take time for library staff to obtain items from other libraries, so start your research early.

Partnership: All SCC students eligible for a Spokane Public Library number