Culinary Favorites from Our Staff
Books
Omnivore's Dilemma: Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen, by Jacques Pepin
Chef Daniel Boulud: Cooking in New York City, by Daniel Boulud
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, by Anthony Bourdain
Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, by Ruth Reichl
Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection, by Michael Ruhlman
The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute, by Michael Ruhlman
Dining Out: Secrets from America's Leading Critics, Chefs, and Restaurateurs, by Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page
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Food Movies
Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee
Tortilla Soup, directed by María Ripoll
Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallström
Babette's Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel
Like Water for Chocolate, directed by Alfonso Arau
Tampopo, directed by Juzo Itami
Big Night, directed by Stanley Tucci
Mostly Martha, directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
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Recommended Culinary Websites
Cook's Thesaurus
An encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools, include pictures, synonyms, and suggested substitutions.
Escoffier Online
Culinary Web Resources, Culinary Education and Scholarship Info and Culinary Career Center.
Epicurean Online
A site for everything cooking related. Look for daily link to something interesting, chef's calculator, discussion forum, articles, recipes, an interactive recipe exchange, and more.
Food Glossaries and Dictionaries
Many interesting and helpful sites with food definitions and explanations.
Food Reference Website
Listing of upcoming culinary events as well as a "This Date In Food History" section.
Wine Spectator
Comprehensive wine site with information for the novice to expert. Read news, articles, search the winery database, find the right wine for a meal with the interactive food and wine matching guide and browse menus.
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Popular Culinary Magazines
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Miscellaneous
Osage Gardens
A wholesale USDA Certified Organic farm specializing in growing 22 varieties of culinary herbs.
Door to Door Organics
A specialty home delivery service of fine organic produce, select groceries, and meats — servicing the entire Front Range and beyond.
The Baker's Catalogue
From King Arthur Flour, this portal offers a huge selection of items for bakers from tools to ingredients to recipes. Sign up for their helpful newsletter.
Chef's Toolbox
Featuring cutlery, chef uniforms, pastry supplies, cookbooks, as well as gadgets, garnishing tools and specialty machines.
Cooking.com
This site bills itself as the "Master Index to Over 10,000 Food and Cooking Links on the Net".
Food TV Network
Links to the shows and recipes featured on the popular cable television channel.
Julia Child's Kitchen at The Smithsonian
Take a tour of this famous chef's kitchen, learn about various kitchen tools she relied upon and listen to her stories about her life and cooking.
The Meaning of Food
Documentary from PBS that explores our relationships to food. Presents sections on food and life, food and culture, and food and family.
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