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Area of Study

Program: Culinary Arts

Area of Study: Business & Professional Services

For more information about the degree options in this program, click here.

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Culinary Arts Resources

This Research Guide will direct you to specialized Library resources for studying Culinary Arts, including books, journals, online subscription databases, streaming videos, and websites.

Program Description

Culinary Arts graduates are trained for careers involving professional food preparation, including chef, line chef, banquet chef, executive chef, baker, pastry chef, and caterer. While students are being trained in all formal classical methods of cooking, they experience nearly 1,000 hours of hands-on practical application.

It's easy to borrow books with LIBRARY to GO!

Good news!

Both NCC Libraries are open, but you can still borrow books and other materials remotely by using our Library to Go service. You can choose quick pickup on campus, or free delivery to your home.

Use the same form to request:

Access to materials that your instructor has put on electronic reserve in Blackboard;
Scanned pages from reference books like encyclopedias;
Scanned articles from print journals in the Library's Periodicals Tower.

NEW books in the NCC Library collection!

At the Table: The Chef's Guide to Advocacy by Miller, Katherine.
Call Number: TX 652 .M558 2023
ISBN: 9781642832372
Publication Date: 2023
Chefs and other leaders in the restaurant industry are some of the most powerful forces for change in our troubled food system. Chefs are leading hunger relief efforts, supporting local farmers, fighting food waste, confronting racism and sexism in the industry, and much more. In this book, author Katherine Miller shares the essential techniques she developed for the James Beard Foundation's Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change. Readers will learn how to focus their philanthropic efforts; pinpoint their audience and develop their argument; recruit allies and support action; and perhaps most importantly, grab people's attention in a crowded media landscape. Miller also shares the moving stories of chefs who used these skills to create lasting change.
In Defense of Processed Food by De Salcedo, Anastacia Marx.
Call Number: TP 370.5 .M37 2023
ISBN: 9781789147674
Publication Date: 2023
By turns a scientific, feminist, and economic critique, this book gleefully attacks received wisdom about the dangers of processed food. Author Anastacia Marx de Salcedo argues that, in fact, most processed foods are relatively healthy, and that their consumption is an undisputed boon to women's equality -- since the burdens of cooking disproportionately fall on women. In this account, processed foods take too much blame for the negative effects of modern sedentary life, and alternative food systems are doomed to economic dysfunction. Ultimately, De Salcedo embraces the preserved foods in her pantry and encourages readers to do the same.

NEW Database: IBISWorld Industry Research!

The NCC Libraries now offer students, faculty, and staff access to the IBISWorld Industry Research database! IBISWorld provides an extensive collection of reports, with insights, comprehensive data, and in-depth analysis for thousands of global industries. Here are just a few of the features:

A broad overview of each targeted industry
Product and market segmentation
Cost structure benchmarks
Competitive dynamics
Supply chain map
Outlook on the regulatory environment
Macroeconomic drivers
Five-year forecasts
SWOT analyses
Global, national, and state-level data
Downloadable reports in PDF, Word, and Excel format
Graphs, charts, and maps that can be used in presentations.

Click here to try the new IBISWorld Industry Research database now!

Contact a Librarian

Anne Bittner

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Mack Library
Northampton Community College
College Center, 4th Floor

610-332-6139

Subjects: Business, Paralegal

Prepared By

This Research Guide was updated on November 21, 2024 by Anne Bittner.

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