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Useful Links: è Research Culinary Schools & Careers (LOTS of great resources here) è Locavores (They're in San Francisco, but you can do this almost ANYWHERE) è Eat Local Challenge (group blog by people all over the US dedicated to eating food grown locally) è Sustainable Table (a nice resource on healthy food choices & the sustainable food movement) è NPR (National Public Radio) (I got 'hooked' on NPR when I used to travel a lot; I still love to listen) è Cooking Secrets (Recipes, methods, & techniques; they have a great variety of recipes!) è BBC FOOD Matters (amazing resource for a food glossary, chef interviews, food events, etc.) è Food Miles Calculator (from OrganicLinker; it's really surprising how far some food travels from its origin to my table; it also shows how big that carbon footprint is. I'm trying to eat more locally!) è Dining & Wine (from the New York Times; a great site for interesting food-related stories) è EasyBib Bibliography Reference (I can't seem to remember the rules; this site helps a LOT) è Purdue Online Writing Lab (Since I found this site, I use it for EVERY paper; it's amazing) |
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| Work Samples: Lindsey on researching: 1. My view on researching has really changed! I thought research was only for boring papers about things I didn’t care about—but now I know I can use research in my field. I told my boss and the head chef what I had learned for my report on locavores, and they were really interested. I can imagine researching new recipes and even farms in the area we could use as suppliers for our produce. I also learned that I can do research! I learned about a lot of cool places to start. It’s not so hard once you get started. I know I won’t dread starting any research papers I have to do in college now—although I still prefer hands-on courses.2. I really enjoy learning new things about topics I’m interested in, but I’m still not thrilled with the whole documentation aspect of it. I found out that I have to stick to my thesis, or else I go off in all directions. I like going in all directions, but there won’t be enough time in college. I did learn that if I take good notes, especially on the author, title, etc., it’s not so bad to write up the research. My teacher also suggested we do the References or Works Cited list first—to get it over with. That helped. What surprised me, I guess, is that I enjoy learning and knowing new things so much. Being an expert on something rocks! Lindsey on evaluating the credibility of internet sites: Both sites I checked scored 14. And what’s really strange is that one of sites used the other one as a source! I was surprised that I was unable to find more information about the author on the second site. I was also surprised that my first site (a Wikipedia site) contained a history of how the site had been edited and changed, and links to the people who made the changes. I was really surprised at how much the page had changed in two years! I wouldn’t have noticed that about Wikipedia if I hadn’t been scoring the site. BOTH of the sites I scored contained advisories. The Wiki site stated, right up front, that the article didn’t cite any references or sources and that while there was a list of resources (which included my 2nd site), there were no in-text citations. My second site actually said that I’d better keep my fingers crossed! Both warnings made me realize that though 14 looks like a high score, you can only MAYBE trust information and HAVE TO VERIFY it. |
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