XIV
Chapter 20
Fish and Shellfi sh. . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Choosing Fish and Shellfi sh . . . . . . . . 361
Cooking Finfi sh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Cooking Shellfi sh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Chapter 21
Salads, Casseroles, and Soups. .373
Salads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Casseroles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Stock Soups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Herbs and Spices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Chapter 22
Breads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Selecting and Storing
Baked Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Quick Breads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Yeast Breads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Chapter 23
Cakes, Cookies, Pies,
and Candies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Pies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Candy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Chapter 24
Food and Entertaining . . . . . . . . .422
Planning for Entertaining . . . . . . . . . . 423
Outdoor Entertaining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Dining Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Restaurant Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Chapter 25
Preserving Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . .440
Food Spoilage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Canning Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Making Jellied Products . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Freezing Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Drying Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Commercial Food Preservation . . . . . 450
Part 4
Food and Careers. . . . . .456
Chapter 26
Investigating Careers . . . . . . . . . .458
Career Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Considering Career Options . . . . . . . . 462
Sources of Career Information . . . . . . 467
Considering Entrepreneurship . . . . . . 469
Chapter 27
Career and Job Success . . . . . . .475
Succeeding in the Workplace . . . . . . . 476
Leaving a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Balancing Family, Community,
and Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Part 5
Foods of the World . . . . .490
Chapter 28
The United States and Canada . .492
A Historical Overview of the
United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
New England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Mid-Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Midwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
West and Southwest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Pacifi c Coast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Hawaiian Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Chapter 29
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535
Geography and Climate of Mexico . . . 537
Mexican Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Mexican Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Geography and Climate of
South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
South American Culture . . . . . . . . . . . 546
South American Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . 548