~F & N Web Resources via E-Learning~

1. The American Dietetic Association (Eat Right)

http://www.eatright.org/Public

This website features different sections like "Healthy Weight Loss", "Nutrition for Life", "Food & Nutrition Topics", " Disease Management and Prevention", "Food Safety", "How Do I" and etc sections which provide very useful and broad information to benefit me in my teaching of theory. This website can be a good research tool because it has a wealth of in-depth information about eating right and food & nutrition which can enriched my students greatly in conducting the research of their O/N Level coursework.

2. U.S Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/Food/default.htm

This website has sub-sections on "Dietary Supplements", "Food Defense & Emergency Response", "Food Ingredients & Packing", "Food Safety" and etc which provides additional information on food safety, food handling and packing of different food ingredients. This information can give my students and edge in the execution of their practical cooking sessions when they are equipped with the necessary skills of food safety which are knowledge outside the textbook and syllabus.

3. Lifetime TV Online

http://www.spreety.com/Search.aspx?search=cooking

From this website, I entered the keyword "cooking" into the "search" bar and here is a great variety of TV channels about cookingI
The "Julia Child Lessons with Master Chefs" caught my eye because I adore Julia Child as my chef idol. Greatly inspired by the movie "Julie and Julia" in 2009, my interest in cooking deepened. That was when I started looking out for cookbooks and recipes to expose myself with different types and varieties of dishes.

Besides inspiring my students to cultivate their interest in food and cooking, I can incorporate this website and the related links as an Interactive Communication Techology (ICT) tool to make my cooking demonstration more interesting and engaging. This can thus enhance the learning of my students for their practical lessons when they marvel at the professionalism and skillfullness of master chefs in action.


4. Baking Lesson Plans
http://www.homebaking.org/foreducators/lessonplans.html

This website provides educator resources, recipes, baking tips, and etc from the Home Baking Association. It has a rich resource bank on recipes for baking butter bars, muffins, cookies, biscuits & cream biscuits, gingerbread, granola, cornbread, tarts, shortcakes, pretzels, brownies, pancakes, pizzas, buns, breads, cakes- baking from the sweet to the savory, you name it and they have it!
My students can utilise these recipes and modify them accordingly into the local context when they are researching for recipes and preparing for their coursework practical. They can also try out different types of baking methods in these recipes to deepen their interest when they practise and expose themselves to the art of baking!


5. National Restaurant Association
http://www.restaurant.org/foodhealthyliving/safety/foodborneillness/

This website by the National Restaurant Association is very useful to educate my students on the common foodborne illnesses and the common pathogens found in food due to unhygienic practices and improper handling of raw and cooked food. From the scary facts of the seriousness of foodborne illnesses and information found in this website, I hope to raise awareness in my students that food safety and proper hygiene in the kitchen and personal hygiene is of utmonst importance in the handling and preparation of food. This valuable knowledge will definitely benefit me and my students in our Food & Nutrition journey together.