Guide to Good Food 16e, Online Textbook
Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation is designed so that students can acquire the knowledge and skills needed to plan nourishing meals, shop for the ingredients, and prepare safe, wholesome food to fuel their bodies and support wellness. Using a positive approach to healthful choices, this title aims to be an inclusive guidebook on how to identify, prepare, and enjoy nourishing foods. Students will also learn about careers in the areas of food and nutrition and how to set career goals for those careers. In addition, they will learn to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, preparing them not only to make beneficial choices for their health, but also for success in college and career.
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Guide to Good Food 16e, Online Textbook
- Guide to Good Food
- Copyright © 2025
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Reviewers
- New to This Edition
- Precision Exams by YouScience Certification
- Guided Tour
- Tools for Student and Instructor Success
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Feature Contents
- Unit 1 Getting Started in the Kitchen
- Chapter 1 Food Affects Life
- Chapter 1 Essential Question
- Chapter 1 Reading Prep
- Lesson 1.1 Making Choices About Food
- Lesson 1.2 Physical, Social, and Psychological Influences on Food Choices
- Lesson 1.3 Factors That Affect the Food Supply
- Chapter 1 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Sustainability
- Chapter 1 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 1 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 2 Safety and Sanitation
- Chapter 3 Basic Skills and Equipment
- Chapter 3 Essential Question
- Chapter 3 Reading Prep
- Lesson 3.1 Measuring Ingredients
- Lesson 3.2 Kitchen Utensils
- Lesson 3.3 Knives and Knife Skills
- Lesson 3.4 Cooking and Baking Equipment
- Chapter 3 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Measuring Practice
- Chapter 3 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 3 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 4 Recipes and Work Plans
- Chapter 5 Preparing Simple Recipes
- Unit 2 Nutrition and Wellness
- Chapter 6 The Energy Nutrients
- Chapter 7 Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
- Chapter 8 Making Healthy Choices
- Chapter 8 Essential Question
- Chapter 8 Reading Prep
- Lesson 8.1 Benefits of Healthy Choices
- Lesson 8.2 Resources for Making Healthy Food Choices
- Lesson 8.3 Shopping, Preparing, and Ordering Out Wisely
- Chapter 8 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Evaluating Beverage Choices
- Chapter 8 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 8 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 9 Life-Cycle Nutrition
- Chapter 9 Essential Question
- Chapter 9 Reading Prep
- Lesson 9.1 Pregnancy and Lactation
- Lesson 9.2 Infancy and Childhood
- Lesson 9.3 Teens and Adults
- Lesson 9.4 Meeting Special Needs
- Chapter 9 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Comparing Food Choices
- Chapter 9 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 9 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 10 Managing Weight
- Chapter 11 Staying Active
- Chapter 11 Essential Question
- Chapter 11 Reading Prep
- Lesson 11.1 Physical Activity and Physical Fitness
- Lesson 11.2 Fitness Through the Life Cycle
- Lesson 11.3 Nutrition for Athletes
- Chapter 11 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Benefits of Physical Fitness
- Chapter 11 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 11 Review and Assessment
- Unit 3 The Management of Food
- Chapter 12 Kitchen and Dining Areas
- Chapter 13 Kitchen Appliances
- Chapter 14 Meal Management
- Chapter 14 Essential Question
- Chapter 14 Reading Prep
- Lesson 14.1 Planning Nutritious and Appealing Meals
- Lesson 14.2 Using Planned Spending
- Lesson 14.3 Controlling the Use of Time and Energy
- Chapter 14 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Flavor Perception
- Chapter 14 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 14 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 15 Shopping Decisions
- Unit 4 The Preparation of Food
- Chapter 16 Heat Transfer and Cooking Methods
- Chapter 17 Grain Foods
- Chapter 17 Essential Question
- Chapter 17 Reading Prep
- Lesson 17.1 Cereal Products
- Lesson 17.2 Selecting and Storing Cereal Products
- Lesson 17.3 Cooking Starches and Cereal Products
- Chapter 17 Hands-On Learning Mini Lab: Principles of Cooking Starches
- Chapter 17 Recipe for Good Food
- Chapter 17 Review and Assessment
- Chapter 18 Breads
- Chapter 19 Vegetables
- Chapter 20 Fruits
- Chapter 21 Dairy Products
- Unit 5 Building Upon Basic Cooking Skills
- Chapter 22 Eggs
- Chapter 23 Meat
- Chapter 24 Poultry
- Chapter 25 Fish and Shellfish
- Chapter 26 Soups, Salads, and Casseroles
- Chapter 27 Cakes, Cookies, and Pies
- Chapter 28 Entertaining and Dining Out
- Chapter 29 Preserving Food
- Unit 6 Food, Nutrition, and Careers
- Chapter 30 Investigating Careers
- Chapter 31 Career and Job Success
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Glossary
- Index
- Recipe Index