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Unit 1
Getting Started in the Kitchen. . . . . . 2
Chapter 1
Food Affects Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The History of Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Making Choices About Foods. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Physical Influences on Food Choices. . . . . 7
Social Influences on Food Choices. . . . . . . 8
Psychological Influences on Food
Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Factors That Affect the Food Supply. . . . 16
Chapter 2
Safety and Sanitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Foodborne Illnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .⤀ 25
Four Steps to Food Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Safety in the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .⤀ 35
Chapter 3
Basic Skills and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . 42
Measuring Ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Kitchen Utensils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Knives and Knife Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cooking and Baking Equipment . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 4
Recipes and Work Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Microwave Recipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using a Time-Work Schedule. . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 5
Preparing Simple Recipes. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Making Every Recipe Simpler . . . . . . . . . 87
Snacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sandwiches and Wraps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Pizza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Unit 2
Nutrition and Wellness. . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 6
The Energy Nutrients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Nutrients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Carbohydrates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Fats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Proteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Digestion and Absorption. . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Metabolism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Chapter 7
Vitamins, Minerals, and Water. . . . . . . 116
Vitamins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Minerals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Dietary Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 8
Making Healthy Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Benefits of Healthy Choices. . . . . . . . . . . 135
Resources for Making Healthy Food
Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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