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American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Foiling Spoiling [Pdf]
A simple experiment to observe whether adding lemon juice to pieces of potato, apple, and banana helps to preserve them.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Clarence Birdseye 1886 1956
This pages gives an interesting summary of the adventures and life story of Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of a frozen food process that revolutionized the frozen food industry.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Clarence Birdseye
Read this article for information on the life and accomplishments of Clarence Birdseye.
University of California
Uc Davis: Importance of Salt
The UC Davis site not only discusses the history of the salt trade, but also evaluates the importance of salt to society throughout history. It covers the history of salt from ancient times through the medieval and modern periods.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Are Food Preservatives Bad for You?
Food doesn't last. In days, sometimes hours, bread goes moldy, apple slices turn brown, and bacteria multiply in mayonnaise. But you can find all of these foods out on the shelf at the grocery store thanks to preservatives. But what...
Other
Black Inventors: Lloyd Hall
Lloyd Hall was a pioneer in the field of food chemistry, preservation, and sterilization.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Frontier Life: Food on the Frontier
Would you clean your plate if you had to eat what frontier families served in eastern Montana? Find out what's on the menu from this companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Lloyd Augustus Hall
Inventor Lloyd Augustus Hall is featured in this brief biography who made several contributions to the food and drug industry such as his patented method for curing meats so they would keep better.
Other
Seasonal Chef: Preserving Fruits and Vegetables
Instructions for preserving fruits and vegetables.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Clarence Birdseye (1886 1956)
Brief article about Clarence Birdeye's discovery of a way to preserve food by flash-freezing it.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Pasteurization?
Discover why pasteurization is important, the different methods of pasteurization, and its side effects.