Teacher Resources
NYC Teaching Resources
Books/Newspaper:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/dining
Red Clog Chef Booklist – from food writing to food science – books to recommend to your students.
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/redclogchef&collection=-1
VMS, Inc. – technical books and videos
www.vms-online.com/Culinary_Arts_Hospitality_C16.cfm
Equipment and Uniforms:
Bowery Kitchen Supply – located in Chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave New York, NY 10011
http://www.bowerykitchens.com/storeinfo.html
Broadway Panhandler – located at 65 East 8th Street New York, NY 10003
http://www.broadwaypanhandler.com/broadway
Happy Chef Uniforms – online chef coats, pants, hats and shoes.
http://www.happychefuniforms.com
Instawares – online restaurant supply super store.
JB Prince – located at 36 East 31 St, 12th floor New York, NY 10016
Kerekes – located 6103 15th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11219
KNG - uniforms, chef coats, hats, aprons, restaurant supplies.
http://www.kng.com/wholesale/servlet/home/en/kng/Restaurant
Korin Knives – specialty knife shop located at 57 Warren Street New York, NY 10007
http://korin.com/site/home.html
NY Cake – located at 56 West 22nd New York, NY 10021
Ok Uniform – located 368 Broadway New York, NY 10013
http://www.okuniform.com/store
Food Safety:
Center for Food Safety – info on genetically engineered food, cloned animals, aquaculture, organics, food irradiation and more.
FightBac! – downloads, brochures, flyers, facts sheets, videos and more.
Government Food Safety – info on the President’s Food Safety Working Group, FDA Food Protection Plan, information for educators about food safety.
International Food Information Council – food safety and nutrition resource in English and Spanish.
NYC DOH Free Online Food Protection Course – This course satisfies the Health Code requirement that supervisors of food service establishments need.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/hany/hanyfood-online.shtml
ServSafeâ – create an account and get access to free posters, quizzes and activities.
Gardening, Farms and Sustainability:
Added Value Farm – non-profit youth led farm located at 370 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn, NY 11231.
Blue Hill at Stone Barns – Blue Hill Restaurant owns and operates this farm located in Pocantico Hills, NY.
http://www.bluehillfarm.com/food/blue-hill-stone-barns
East NY Farms – non-profit youth led farm located at 623 New Lots Ave Brooklyn, NY 11207.
http://www.eastnewyorkfarms.org
Just Food – leader in connecting local farms to NYC neighborhoods and communities.
Katchkie Farm – Great Performances Catering owns and operates located in Kinderhook, NY.
http://www.greatperformances.com/farm/katchkie-farm
Lower East Side Ecology Center – provides community-based recycling and composting programs, developing local stewardship of green space, and increasing community awareness, involvement and youth development
through environmental education programs.
http://www.lesecologycenter.org
NYC Greenmarkets – Greenmarket supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by providing regional small family farmers with opportunities to sell their fruits, vegetables and other farm products to New Yorkers
http://www.cenyc.org/greenmarket
Queens County Farm Museum – non-profit farm located at 7350 Little Neck Parkway Queens, NY 11004
Keeping Current Newsletters /Email lists:
American Culinary Federation – download Culinary Nutrition News.
CAFÉ Meeting Place – subscribe to the email list.
http://www.cafemeetingplace.com
Chef’s Collaborative – promoting sustainable cuisine by teaching children, supporting local farmers, educating one another, and inspiring the public to choose good, clean food.
http://chefscollaborative.org/category/blog
Chef Educator Today – sign up for the Online Toolkit Blog (to be delivered daily to your email address.)
City Harvest – join the Fresh News at the bottom of the page. http://www.cityharvest.org/restaurant-partners/at-the-chefs-table
Cooking Issues – stay up-to-date on the latest in Experimental Cuisine with Dave Arnold and Nils Noren of the French Culinary Institute
Eater.com – stay up-to-date on NYC’s latest restaurant news.
Experimental Cuisine Collective – the ECC is a working group that assembles scholars, scientists, chefs, writers, journalists, performance artists, and food enthusiasts to discuss food monthly.
http://sites.google.com/site/experimentalcuisine/contact
National Restaurant Association – sign up for the Smart Brief.
Nations Restaurant News – sign up for the e-newsletter, under Subscription. http://www.nrn.com/index.aspx
NYC Green Market – sign up for their newsletter.
http://www.cenyc.org/about/mailinglist
NYC Slow Food – sign up for the event mailing list in your city.
NY Times Leaning Network – daily lesson plans, you can also do a key word search such as “cooking” or “student loans”.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
NY Grub Street – stay up to date on New York’s hottest food news.
Starchefs.com – latest Culinary news and technology
http://www.starchefs.com/news/newsletter/forms/html/starchefsnewsletter.shtml
Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials:
Café Meeting Place – podcasting for Teaching Techniques, Teacher to Teacher Forum, Teaching Tips, and Lesson Plans.
http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/index.php
Chef Educator Today – online magazine with articles and lesson plans.
CIA Prochef – DVDs, podcasts and books for sale.
http://www.ciaprochef.com/fbi/podcasts.html
Culinary Institute of America, Educator Resource Center – free handouts, lesson plans that are relatively inexpensive.
http://www.ciachef.edu/educators
The Culinary Professional – free activities such as, Crossword Puzzles, Matching and E-Flashcards, online glossary and recipes.
http://www.g-wlearning.com/culinaryarts/9781605251189/student/ch01/index.htm#
Nutrition:
American Dietetic Association – is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
U.S. Department of Agriculture – easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
USDA Food & Nutrition Service – community outreach, data and statistics, disaster assistance, food safety, grants, nutrition educations, regulations and policy, research and programs and services.
USDA Nutrient Database – the national agricultural library.
NYC DOE/CTE:
Careers in New York City Schools – information on becoming a teacher in the NYC Public School System.
http://schools.nyc.gov/Careers/default.htm
CTE Website – New York City’s DOE CTE main page all information is related to CTE Programs.
http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/SpecialPrograms/CTE/default.htm
CTE Advisory Council – The Council, composed of volunteers from industry, labor, postsecondary education, and the non-profit sector, defines its mission as assisting the Department of Education in providing to all students relevant and meaningful programs for acquiring high-level academic and workforce preparation skills.
CTE Program Approval Process – CTE Program Review and Approval Process, Schools Pursuing Re-Approval of CTE Programs, and Resources & External Links
New York City College of Technology CTE Teacher Education Department – offers two specialized, baccalaureate-level, teacher education programs in Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Technology Education for men and women who are interested in teaching technology-related and career subjects in the public schools.
http://websupport1.citytech.cuny.edu/Faculty/CTTE/index.html
Office of Teaching Initiatives – information on teacher certification
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert
Professional Development:
American Culinary Federation – has a certification for Secondary Educators
http://www.acfchefs.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/Careers/Certification/Initial/default.htm
Café Meeting Place – instructor Professional Development
http://www.cafemeetingplace.com/pages/instructor/events.html
Institute of Culinary Education – recreational division
French Culinary Institute, International Culinary Center – recreational division
http://www.internationalculinarycenter.com
Kingsborough Community College – Continuing Education – look under Culinary and Urban Food Systems.
http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/continuinged/index.html
Natural Gourmet – recreational division
http://www.naturalgourmetinstitute.com/html/public-classes.html
The Oregon Coast Culinary Institute – online continuing education classes such as: Culinary Nutrition, Teaching Methods, Vegetarian Concepts, Educational Psychology, Assessment and Testing and Curriculum Development.
http://www.chefcertification.com
Research:
The Cook’s Thesaurus – is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions.
Cornell University Library – food, wine and culinary history including an online exhibit, “Not by Bread Alone: America’s Culinary Heritage.”
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/food_wine.html
Gourmet Spot – reference site that includes: tips, trivia, encyclopedias, museums, recipes, food news, food magazines and more.
NY Public Library – a wealth of culinary resources including: Beverages, Holidays, Food History, Cookery, Holidays, International Cooking, Organizations, Spices and Vegetarian Cooking
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/culinary/culinary.cfm
NY Public Library Menu Collection – 26,000-piece historical menu collection is held in the Rare Books Division, Menu Collection Data Base is located online.
http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/menus/intro.html
Online Food Dictionary – from abalone to zuppa.
http://www.epicurious.com/tools/fooddictionary
Videos:
C-CAP Grad Chef Medhi Chellaoui
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eremy8d19H4
Chef Ming Tsai – demos on how to break down chickens, fillet fish, cut fruits and vegetables.
http://ming.com/simplyming/video.html
Epicurious.com – demos on culinary techniques from knife skills to wedding cakes.
http://www.epicurious.com/video/technique-videos/technique-videos-knife-skills/1915458779
Free Culinary School.com – free videos.
French Rolled Omelet by Chef Oliver Muller at DB Bistro.
http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/04/muller_modernomelet
Hulu.com – food-related movies, episodes and clips, look through the Food and Leisure Channel.
http://www.hulu.com/channels/Food-and-Leisure/Food-and-Beverage
iTunes – there are many educational Food Podcasts here. Samples of some of them: Simply Ming, Epicurious: Food and Drink, Start Cooking, Cooking up a Story, Epicurious: Inside the CIA Chef’s Series, Around the World in 80 Dishes. Start by typing in the words in the search.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview
Rouxbe – an online cooking school with some free videos.
The Food Network – TV shows, video demos and recipes.
You Tube – you can use the search feature to find demos of knife skills; specific knife cuts such as tourne, and techniques such as omelets.
