Authors: Velda L. Largen and Deborah L. Bence

Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation employs current nutrition information to inform students as they learn the roles nutrients play in their health throughout the life cycle. Comprehensive content on food selection, storage, preparation, and service gives students the tools needed to recognize and follow a nutritionally balanced diet, while animations bring content to life. Menus and recipes with easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions, and nutritional analyses are also included. Food-related careers are profiled in every chapter.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation, 14th Edition

• Front Matter
• Unit 1 Getting Started in the Kitchen
• • 1 - Food Affects Life
  • 2 - Safety and Sanitation
  • 3 - Basic Skills and Equipment
  • 4 - Recipes and Work Plans
  • 5 - Preparing Simple Recipes
• Unit 2 Nutrition and Wellness
• • 6 - The Energy Nutrients
  • 7 - Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
  • 8 - Making Healthy Choices
  • 9 - Staying Active and Managing Weight
  • 10 - Life-Cycle Nutrition and Fitness
• Unit 3 - The Management of Food
• • 11 - Kitchen and Dining Areas
  • 12 - Kitchen Appliances
  • 13 - Planning Meals
  • 14 - Shopping Decisions
• Unit 4 The Preparation of Food
• • 15 - Heat Transfer and Cooking Methods
  • 16 - Grain Foods
  • 17 - Breads
  • 18 - Vegetables
  • 19 - Fruits
  • 20 - Dairy Products
  • 21 - Eggs
  • 22 - Meat
  • 23 - Poultry
  • 24 - Fish and Shellfish
  • 25 - Salads, Casseroles, and Soups
  • 26 - Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and Candies
  • 27 - Food and Entertaining
  • 28 - Preserving Foods
• Unit 5 Foods of the World
• • 29 - The United States and Canada
  • 30 - Latin America
  • 31 - Europe
  • 32 - Mediterranean Countries
  • 33 - Middle East and Africa
  • 34 - Asia
• Unit 6 Food, Nutrition, andCareers
• • 35 - Investigating Careers
  • 36 - Career and Job Success
• Appendix A Nutritional Goals for Age-Sex Groups
• Appendix B Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide
• Appendix C Nutritive Values of Foods
• Appendix D Body Mass Index
• Photo Credits
• Glossary
• Index
• Recipe Index