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C O N T E N T S I N B R I E F C O N T E N T S I N B R I E F
Part 1
The Importance of Food . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1 Food Affects Life . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 Nutritional Needs. . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3 Making Healthful Choices . . 56
Chapter 4 Nutrition and Fitness
Through the Life Span. . . . . 80
Chapter 5 Staying Active and
Managing Weight . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 6 Safeguarding Health . . . . . 128
Part 2
The Management of Food . . . . . . 148
Chapter 7 Kitchen and Dining Areas . 150
Chapter 8 Kitchen Appliances . . . . . . 164
Chapter 9 Kitchen Utensils . . . . . . . . 181
Chapter 10 Planning Meals . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 11 Shopping Decisions . . . . . 216
Chapter 12 Recipes and Work Plans. . 233
Part 3
The Preparation of Food . . . . . . . 256
Chapter 13 Grain Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chapter 14 Vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chapter 15 Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Chapter 16 Dairy Products . . . . . . . . . 299
Chapter 17 Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Chapter 18 Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Chapter 19 Poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Chapter 20 Fish and Shellfi sh . . . . . . . 360
Chapter 21 Salads, Casseroles,
and Soups. . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Chapter 22 Breads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Chapter 23 Cakes, Cookies, Pies,
and Candies . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Chapter 24 Food and Entertaining. . . . 422
Chapter 25 Preserving Foods . . . . . . . 440
Part 4
Food and Careers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Chapter 26 Investigating Careers . . . . 458
Chapter 27 Career and Job Success. . 475
Part 5
Foods of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Chapter 28 The United States and
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Chapter 29 Latin America . . . . . . . . . . 535
Chapter 30 Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Chapter 31 Mediterranean Countries. . 601
Chapter 32 Middle East and Africa . . . 633
Chapter 33 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Appendix A
Nutritional Goals for
Age-Gender Groups . . . . . . . . . . . 700
Appendix B
Eating Well with Canada’s
Food Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Appendix C
Applying and Interviewing
for a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
Recipe Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741