Title: A Harvest of Color
Media: Book
Target Audience: 5-12 y/o
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: This book discusses growing a vegetable garden. It identifies the basic steps in preparing the soil, planting, and growing carrots, radishes, potatoes, zucchini, and beans. Included is a recipe for vegetable salad.
Time/length: 25 pages
Number of Copies: 2
Classifications: Nutr. Ed., Elementary School, Middle School, Book, Food Preparation and Presentation
Source: Ragged Bear

2 Copies

Title: Alexander and the Great Food Fight
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool - Grade 6
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: In Alexander and the Great Food Fight, Alexander's afternoon snacking choice becomes a heated argument between some feisty fruit about which is the best for Alexander's young, growing body. Children will love the many colorful characters, which include grumpy Mrs. Grape Cluster, the bossy Mr. Pineapple, and the very argumentative Mr. Orange. This delightful story, with its many bright and engaging illustrations, helps to make learning about good nutrition fun.
Time/length: 39 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Book, Cookbook, Early Childhood, Elementary, Food Analysis, Food Preparation and Presentation, Nutrition Education
Source: Heart to Heart Publishing

1 Copy

Title: Alexander and the Great Vegetable Feud
Media: Book
Target Audience: 7-13 years old
Pub. Date: 2004
Description: This book is about a boy who doesn't like vegetables, but finds himself in a conversation with a broccoli, a carrot, a cauliflower, an onion, a tomato, and a bell pepper. They argue about who is better for the body, and discuss the health benefits of each vegetable and the body's use of vitamins and minerals. A recipe for a veggie pasta salad is provided at the end.
Time/length: 39 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Nutrition Ed., Elementary School, Middle School, Food Preparation and Presentation, Book

1 Copy

Title: American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids
Media: Book
Target Audience: Preschool-Grade 6, Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2002
Description: Written with the full support of the American Dietetic Association, the American Dietetic Association Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids arms you with practical skills to make sure your kids are eating right even when they're not under your roof. Jodie Shield and Mary Catherine Mullen are mothers, as well as registered dietitians with more than twenty years of professional experience in childhood nutrition. Their five-star system offers hands-on advice on how to turn eating dilemmas into fun, nutritionally educational opportunities. Whether your child is a breakfast skipper, an unreasonable eater, a lunch trader, or even a snack-a-holic, you'll find fast, real-life solutions for transforming eating habits, including:
Banishing brown bag boredom; Secrets of successful family meals; Smart snacks for hungry kids; The top nutrition mistakes parents make; Fueling your grade-schooler for fitness; The principles of menu planning;
Breakfast basics for busy families; Teaching smart nutrition to your young athlete; Developing a gold-star feeding relationship with your child.
Time/length: 228 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, Adult, Children's Activities and Projects, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Book
Source: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

1 Copy

Title: Basic Skills for Foodservice Workers: Practical Math
Media: Video Tape and Discussion Guide
Audience: Food Service Personnel
Pub. Date: 1989
Description: Uses scales, containers and different types of food such as milk, vinegar and flour to define weight and capacity. Shows how to use measuring spoons, cups, ladles, scoops and other measuring utensils. Explains how to use a balance beam scale or baker's scale, and the importance of precision in measuring. Shows examples of how measurement terms and concepts are applied.
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Training Resource, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Adult, Food Service Equipment, Food Preparation and Presentation
Source: Vocational Media Associates

1 Copy

Title: Basics: Fruits and Vegetables
Media: Video
Target Audience: Educators, Grades 7-12, Adult
Pub. Date: 2001
Description: Chef Paulette Mitchell demonstrates preparing fruits and vegetables, including selection, as well as cooking methods. Recipes and teaching materials included.
Time/length: 16 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Cookbook, Food Preparation and Presentation, Middle School, Secondary, Training Resource, Video and Worksheets
Source: Learning ZoneXpress

1 Copy

Title: Child of Mine, Feeding with Love and Good Sense
Media: Book
Target Audience: Adults, Educators
Pub. Date: 2000
Description: In this completely revised edition, Ellyn Satter is as warm, friendly, and entertaining as ever as she offers even more information and guidance about nutrition, feeding, child development, and parenting. She illustrates her advice with stories drawn from her extensive experience and supports it with solid research. Satter sorts through the extremes and offers parents a practical, common-sense guide to building a loving relationship with their children when it comes to food. Child of Mine emphasizes the joy, celebration, playfulness, and learning that can be found with eating and food. Ellyn Satter's expertise and her engaging and supportive style have made Child of Mine a must for parenting bookshelves and an essential reference for nutritionists, educators, and mental health professionals.
Time/length: 535 pages
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Special Diets, Early Childhood, Elementary, Culture and Nutrition, Food Analysis, Food Preparation and Presentation, Menu Planning and Production, Nutrition Education, Book, Adult
Source: Bull Publishing Co.

1 Copy

Title: Color Your Plate: Fruit and Vegetables
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: Educators, 7-11 y/o Children
Pub. Date: 2003
Description: A wonderful, magical trip through a rainbow of delicious nutritional concepts with fruits and vegetables! Prim, proper, British, and magical substitute teacher, Ms. Clemmons, introduces five elementary students to five color groups of fruits and vegetables. As their junk food is transformed into beautiful fruits and vegetables, they too are "magically" transformed into their successful future selves--an athlete, a scientist, a chef, an artist, and a detective. Includes a teacher's guide and video worksheet for photocopying.
Length: 16 minutes
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Nutrition Education, Elementary School, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Food Preparation and Presentation
Source: Learning Zone Express

1 Copy

Title: Cooking for the New Generation: Storing Cooking and Holding the New Generation of Foods
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: School Food Service Personnel and Managment
Pub. Date: 1997
Description: This resource is helpful for school food service workers dealing with the complex array of "value added" or processed foods available. Measuring temperatures for food safety in many of these "new foods" is a major theme of this resource. Holding, cooking, and serving these foods is discussed. Kit includes a video along with manual, bimetallic thermometer, alcohol wipes, food temperature safety chart, and resource guide.
Length: 20 minute video, 75 page manual
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Food Preparation and Production, Food Safety and Sanitation, Adult, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials, Training Resource

1 Copy

Title: Cooking: A World of New Tastes
Media: Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials
Audience: School Food Service Personnel
Pub. Date: 1998
Description:*Old Food Guide Pyramid Disclaimer*The old version of the Food Guide Pyramid (which has since been replaced by MyPyramid.gov) is used in this video series. Make sure to note the newer version and its improvements when using as a resource. Also, this reference alludes to an outdated source for USDA recipes. Please reference the most current version which can be found in this library entitled "USDA Recipes for Schools" item number AD:5001cl:cd-lm:06.

An award winning culinary video training series. Explores integration of ethnically diverse foods on school menus. Includes four videos and a quick reference guide with helpful follow-up information for each video as well as a collection of recipes. This USDA series focuses on creative approaches to the production of healthy, tasty, and attractive foods for the school meals programs, with an emphasis on enhancing culinary skills. The videos are: #1 Cooking with Skill which concentraties on preparation of fruits and vegetables; #2 Cooking with Moist Heat: #3 Cooking with Dry Heat: and #4 Food, Fun, and Flair which concentrates on presentation and the use of herbs and spices. This video series is highly recommended for school foodservice workers who are wanting to make a positive change in their school menus, recipes, and presentation.
Length: 4 -15-30 minute videos
Number of Copies: 1
Classifications: Adult, Food Preparation and Presentation, Training Resource, Video Tape with Leader's Manual/Materials

1 Copy