Food for Today, Student Edition [Hardcover]

Helen Kowtaluk (Author), McGraw-Hill (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0078616441 | ISBN-13: 978-0078616440 | Publication Date: March 15, 2005 | Edition: 9

Food for Today is a comprehensive lab-based foods and nutrition program for high school students. It is correlated to the National Standards for Family & Consumer Sciences. Students learn how to make healthy and nutritious food decisions reflecting the most current nutritional guidelines, how to plan meals safely, how to prepare food, how to appreciate food diversity, how science and technology impact foods and nutrition, and about career opportunities in the area of foods and nutrition.

Eight new chapters on global foods in Unit Ten feature the diversity of food. A true geographic framework provides a strong link with social studies. The supplementary booklet, A World Atlas of Food, further highlights cultural factors, customs, and recipes from the regions of the world.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill; 9 edition (March 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0078616441
• ISBN-13: 978-0078616440
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #22 in Books > Teens > Sports & Hobbies > Cooking

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a great text, October 2, 2001

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Julie Clawson (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Food for Today (Hardcover)

I found this to be a good introductory textbook for a middle/high school age food and nutrition class. The text covers a wide range of topics related to food. One finds chapters on healthy eating and lifestyle, being a vegitarian, how to design a kitchen, and food profiles from around the world. Other chapters even discuss eating etiquette, buying food, and careers in food. The text starts with the basics (this is a whisk...) for the kitchen and for food. One is given profiles of food, nutritional information, and cooking ideas. While it may seem too basic for students who have some knowledge of cooking, it does a good job of introducing it to those who have to knowledge of it at all.

The writing is informative and easy to read. The text is well illustrated with bright drawings and photographs that expand on the written content. I enjoyed the recipes that were chosen for each chapter - they looked fun and doable. In all, this is a well balanced text that fulfills its purpose of presenting food for today.