CUISINE

Sally's Place

KITCHEN APPLIANCES

Famous Inventions A-Z
Sears

Fast FOODS

McDonald's
Kraft Canada
Food TV
Campbell's Soup
Subway
National Cheese
Pizza Hut
Slurpee
Burger King
Don't Gross Out the World : FE Kids - International Dining Etiquette quiz

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The Food Timeline -the history of food items and culture
EPICURIOUS: FOOD, DRINK, RECIPES, COOKING TIPS, SHOPPING, AND MORE
Asia Food Features
Tudoc: The Ultimate Directory Of Cooking Sites: Recipes and Cooking Site Reviews
 

GLOBAL AWARENESS

Lonely Planet - Destinations
CIA - The World Factbook
Country Reports
Embassy World
Sally's Place - ethnic food, beverage and travel information

NUTRITION
Canada's Food Guide - lots of info including "My Food Guide", an interactive tool to customize your own food guide
Healthy Eating - BC approved recipes
Dietiticians of Canada - resource search - great info on any dietary topic

Diets:
Fad Diets
Popular Weight Loss Diet Plans Compared
Ryerson Health Service - Fad Diets
Health Foods and Fad Diets

Sugar:
Sugar Surprise (CBC Marketplace)- see also the links to Sweet tips for Consumers; Recognizing sugars on product labels;
Sugar in drinks
USDA Nutrient Information


Nutrient Information
Dietitians of Canada

Calorie Charts
Whats Cooking America
Trail Nutrition
The Calorie Counter
Food Calorie List
Mike's Calorie and Fat Gram Chart - looks good but who IS this guy?

HERBS AND SPICES

Spice & Herb Encyclopedia
Out of the Frying Pan! Herb & Spice Encyclopedia
 

VEGETABLES

Common Philippine Vegetables, Fruits and Spices
Harvesting & Storing Vegetables
Storing Vegetables
Storing vegetables and Fruits at home
GreenNet - Exotic Vegetables

FOOD ALLERGIES

Gluten Solutions - Your Source for a Gluten-Free Diet!
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

CANADIANA PROJECT

For information on food products grown, raised or harvested in each province, go to Encyclopedia Britanica online, and type in the province name.  Either the regular or the student encyclopedia will provide information.  Also use the print encyclopedias.

Immigration and ethnic distribution  (Canadiana Project)

 Profile of languages in Canada: Highlights of selected census metropolitan areas

 

 Ethnic recipes (Canadiana Project)

The Kitchen Link - Ethnic and Regional Cooking - Assorted
 Find Lost Recipes at  Recipelink.com - Cooking on the Net Since 1996
 
 Yahoo! Society and Culture > Food and Drink > Countries and Cultures
 

SEWING AND TEXTILES

Simplicity patterns
Vogue patterns (for Vogue, Butterick, McCall's patterns)
Kwik Sew
Burda
Welcome to Sew News Magazine

TEXTILE SOURCE: Textile Design & Innovation Web Site

POVERTY

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
African Women Adopt New Peas to Fight Hunger
Food Security - FAOs Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS)

World Hunger; Poverty; Ethics

PREGNANCY  

Pregnancy Week-by-Week Guide from StorkNet, your online pregnancy resource!
Pregnancy Week by Week - The Pregnancy Calendar
Calgary Health Region: Pregnancy Topics
Merck Manual: Women's Health Issues
BabyCenter
Pregnancy.org - a week-by-week summary

Baby Names- with word origins (ignore advertising)

Baby Names- and their derivations

Birthing methods - Check out Google [use "site:.org" after the term to assist in finding good sites - not commercial] AND try the Thomson Gale database, and the Britannica online encyclopedia back on the Library main page.

WEDDING CEREMONIES

Wedding Vows from different religions