Curated OER
Eggs, Baked Eggs Lab, Day 2
Students examine the structure, sizes and nutritional value of eggs. After completing a word search, they participate in a lab in which they make baked eggs with bacon. To end the instructional activity, they test their final product...
Curated OER
In the Kitchen
Students practice speaking and using vocabulary associated with the kitchen. In this speaking and vocabulary lesson plan, students answer teacher questions about the kitchen and the items in the kitchen. Teacher evaluates student answers.
Curated OER
Eggs, Experiment Lab, Day 3
Third graders complete a lab activity preparing scrambled eggs.
Curated OER
Salt Junk and Ship's Biscuit
Eleventh graders describe the diet of the Royal Navy during the Revolution. They prepare and cook a typical meal for a sailo and identify potential health problems arising from such a diet.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Recipe Book Family Activity
Use this recipe book based on the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali to get cooking with family and friends! Try out some of Molly's recipes and then write down your own recipes to add to her recipe book.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Take a Look at Cooking
At this site discover the world of cooking and meal preparation through these simple guidelines for finding recipes and creating meals. This article is organized into the following sections: "Kitchen Basics," "The Best Kinds of Recipes,"...
PBS
Jacques Pepin's World of Cooking
At this famous French chef Jacques Pepin's resource, you can get tips and recipes.
Other
The Food Timeline
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Egg Substitutes
Egg allergies are not uncommon, therefore many egg substitutes are sold in order to bake, and cook recipes that call for them. In this science project idea, you'll investigate how to modify recipes so that even egg-allergic friends and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Can Baking Soda Substitute for Baking Powder in a Recipe?
There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh-baked muffins for breakfast on a Saturday morning. If you're into baking, you might want to try this insightful project that lets you witness the chemistry behind making muffins. You'll get...
Other
Medieval Life and Times: Middle Ages Food
A large collection of information about medieval food. Includes links to sections on meals, food preservation, feasts, types of foods eaten, and much more.
Other
China Vista: Recipe Corner
An interesting bilingual English-Chinese website with introductions to the histories of various cuisines in China, recipes from those regions, and lessons on basic Chinese cooking skills.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Kitchen Chemistry
College-level online course focusing on kitchen chemistry. Course explores the application of chemistry in recipes and cooking. Course features include links to readings, lecture notes, and a wealth of related links.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: Spanish Food: Spanish English Bilingual Food Glossary
Are you hungry? Are you looking for some delicious Spanish recipes? You've come to the right place. Not only do you get a glossary of Spanish to English and English to Spanish words but you also get a few recipes with pictures.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Food and Nutrition Center
This website provides a wide array of nutritional information. Included are articles on food and food groups, the connection between health and food, and healthy eating choices.
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: Spanish Food
Not sure what those Spanish cooking terms mean? This is a great Lingolex site! Bilingual dictionary of all sorts of cooking terms! Easy to use. Perfect while reading recipes in Spanish.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Medieval Food [Pdf]
Describes food practices in medieval times. Looks at food staples, food preservation, daily diet, recipes and cookbooks, the role of the church, and social class.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Much Baking Powder Do Quick Breads Need?
If you like to bake, this could be a good project for you. There is a purpose for each of the ingredients in your recipes, but not everyone is always aware of what that purpose may be. Though this lab takes multiple days, you will...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Egg Cellently Cooked Eggs: The Process of Soft Boiling an Egg
Sometimes on a busy day, it's hard to get things done. The rush to get things done can start first thing in the morning, when you're so busy getting ready and gathering your homework, that you barely have time for breakfast. It takes...
Native American Art and Technology
Native Tech: Native American Food & Recipes
NativeTech provides many different recipes from around the North American continent. Each one is submitted by someone of Native American heritage, with a notation about the origins of the recipe. Organized by food groups.
Other
Saudi Aramco Word: Cooking With the Caliphs
This lengthy article examines the history of the book written by an Arab scribe entitled, "Kitab al-Tabikh" (The Book of Recipes). The article goes on to highlight various Arab recipes with pictures and descriptions.
Mayflower History
Mayflower history.com: Cooking and Food
Describes the diet of the Pilgrims, beginning with the voyage across the ocean, then what they were able to catch or harvest from the land when they arrived, and what they learned from the native peoples. Also describes some recipes the...
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Willaimsburg: Selected Recipes
Original recipes from colonial times in Williamsburg. You can try them yourself!
Utah Education Network
Uen: Heritage Gateways: Food
Click through eighteen pages of information about food and cooking as it was experienced by people traveling by wagon train to Utah, and as they began to settle into homesteads and communities. This site began as part of the 1997...