Library Class and Subject Guides: Family Consumer Science: Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics

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Bowes & Church's food values of portions commonly used (19th ed.) by Jean A.T. Pennington and Judith Spungen
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX551 .P385 2010
ISBN: 9780781782890
Publication Date: c2010
The Cambridge World History of Food (2 vols.) by Kenneth F. Kiple (Editor); Kriemhild Conee Ornelas (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX353 .C255 2000
ISBN: 9780521402149
Publication Date: 2000
The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care by edited by Darwin Deen, Lisa Hark
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ISBN: 9780470691793
Publication Date: 2007
CRC Desk Reference for Nutrition (3rd ed.) by Carolyn D. Berdanier
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor QP141 .B523 2011
ISBN: 9781439848449
Publication Date: 2011
A Cultural History of Food (6 vols.) by Fabio Parasecoli (Editor); Peter Scholliers (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor GT2850 .C8528 2012
ISBN: 9781847883551
Publication Date: 2012
Dictionary of Food Ingredients by Robert S. Igoe
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ISBN: 9781441997135
Publication Date: 2011
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition by editor-in-chief, Benjamin Caballero, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA ; edited by Benjamin Caballero, Lindsay Allen, Andrew Prentice.
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ISBN: 9780123848857
Publication Date: 2013
Essential guide to food additives (4th ed.) by edited by Mike Saltmarsh
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ISBN: 9781628704686
Publication Date: 2013
Fermented Foods and Beverages of the World by Jyoti Prakash Tamang
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TP371.44 .F468 2010
ISBN: 9781420094954
Publication Date: 2010
Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia by Ken Albala
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ISBN: 9780313376276
Publication Date: 2011
From Famine to Fast Food by Ken Albala (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor RA645.N87 F76 2014
ISBN: 9781610697439
Publication Date: 2014
The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition by Kristin Key, editor
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ISBN: 9781414498874
Publication Date: 2013
Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging by Connie W. Bales (Editor); Julie L. Locher (Editor); Edward Saltzman (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781493919284
Publication Date: 2014
Handbook of Food Analytical Chemistry, Water, Proteins, Enzymes, Lipids, and Carbohydrates by Ronald E. Wrolstad; Eric A. Decker; Steven J. Schwartz; Peter Sporns
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX545 .H34 2005
ISBN: 9780471663782
Publication Date: 2005
The Handbook of Food Research by Warren Belasco (Editor); Anne Murcott (Editor); Peter Jackson (Editor); Bloomsbury Publishing Staff (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX367 .H36 2013
ISBN: 9781847889164
Publication Date: 2013
Handbook of Nutrition and Food (3rd ed.) by Carolyn D. Berdanier (Editor); Johanna T. Dwyer (Editor); David Heber (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st FloorQP141 .H345 2014
ISBN: 9781466505711
Publication Date: [2014]
Handbook of Vitamins (5th ed.) by Janos Zempleni; John W. Suttie; Jesse F. Gregory III; Patrick J. Stover
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor QP771 .H35 2013
ISBN: 9781466515567
Publication Date: 2013
In the Hands of a Chef by Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Staff (Created by, Contribution by)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX656 .I52 2008
ISBN: 9780470080269
Publication Date: 2008
Modernist Cuisine by Chris Young; Nathan Myhrvold; Maxime Bilet
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX651 .M94 2011
ISBN: 9780982761007
Publication Date: 2011
Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics by Aruna Thaker (Editor); Arlene Barton (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781118350492
Publication Date: 2012
Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary by Rosalinda T. Lagua; Virginia S. Claudio
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor RM217 .L34 2004
ISBN: 9780813810027
Publication Date: 2004
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (3 vols.) by Andrew Smith (Editor); Bruce Kraig
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX349 .E45 2013
ISBN: 9780199734962
Publication Date: 2013
The Professional Chef by Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Staff
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX820 .P738 2011
ISBN: 9780470421352
Publication Date: 2011
They Eat That? by Jonathan Deutsch (Editor); Natalya Murakhver (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor GT2850 .T44 2012
ISBN: 9780313380587
Publication Date: 2012
World Food (2 vols.) by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Call Number: Reference Collection (Non-circulating)--1st Floor TX349 .S66 2013
ISBN: 9780765682789
Publication Date: 2012

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