| Red_Meat_Club The unique place where restaurateurs and foodservice professionals provide recommendations for steaks, wine, beer, caviar, chocolates, coffee, and cigars. |
| Spam Includes recipes, general information, news, a fan club, and merchandise. |
| Spam From Hormel Foods Corporation. Includes history, fan club, and facts. |
| The_Straight_Dope__What\'s_Really_in_Spam? The inimitable Cecil Adams explores the mysteries of what is arguably Austin's most famous export. Along with some haiku and Monty Python. |
| Back_to_the_Future___Where_Now_for_Bush_Foods? Article written in 1999 discussing the commercial viability of certain native Australian plants. Includes photographs and bibliography. |
| Bush_Tucker_Plants_or_Bush_Food_-_Australian_native_food_plants Contains information on Aboriginal, Colonial, and Modern usage of various varieties present before European colonization, along with descriptions. |
| Catching_Blue_Crabs Provides general information on the activity, in addition to details on the life cycle. Includes recipes. |
| Edible_Flowers North Carolina State University horticulture information leaflet. Provides information on growing and harvesting, as well as a table with common names, scientific names, flavors, colors, and comments. |
| Edible_Insects_in_East_Africa Information on the use of termites in Kenyu. Includes photographs. |
| Facts_on_Edible_Wild_Greens_in_Maine University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with descriptions of and recipes for dandelions, fiddleheads, yellow rocket, lamb's-quarters, orache, and purslane. |
| Facts_on_Fiddleheads University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin with picture, description, recipes, safety notices, and information on cooking and pickling the young coiled fern leaves. |
| The_Forager\'s_Virtual_Wild_Food_Field_Guide A guide for helping find, identify, and use several edible wild mushrooms and plants of the northeastern US. |
| How_to_Tap_Maple_Trees_and_Make_Syrup Includes information on yield, tree physiology, step by step instructions, where to go for help, additional reading, and references. [PDF] |
| Laurel_(Bay) Description and information on Laurus nobilis. |
| Our_Bushtucker_Website Literacy project by students at Larapinta Primary School. Includes photograph, description, habitat, and method of collecting for each plant or animal, as well as information on the climate, geography |
| Our_Wild_Foods_to_the_World Australian edible plants information page. Includes photos. |
| Razor_Clams Instructions on digging, cleaning and cooking razor clams along the west coast of the USA. Includes photographs. |
| Razor_Clams,_Oregon_Coast One page of instructions for digging, catching, cleaning and cooking razor clams. |
| Samphire General information about Crithmum maritimum or sea fennel. |
| Sassafras Information and description on Sassafras officinale. |
| School_of_Self-Reliance\'s_Wild_Food_Foraging_Page Informational pages on some common North American flora including carob, dandelion, epazote, lambsquarter, mallow, miners lettuce, mustard, nasturtium, prickly pear cactus and sowthistle. |
| Seattle_Times__The_Geoduck_Chronicles How an obscure bivalve became the object of international desire. Humorous article about this soft-shelled clam. [Free Registration Required] |
| University_of_Kentucky_Entomology_for_Kids__Bugfood! Lesson plans and information on the nutritive use of insects, intentional and unintentional. Includes suggested reading list and bibliography. |
| Use_of_Insects_by_Australian_Aborigines Article from Cultural Entomology Digest 1. Includes information on types used for food, as well as their place in mythology and art. |
| Weird_Meat Blog documenting unusual eating experiences. Includes articles, travel stories, photos. |
| Wild_Harvest Information on gathering and cooking mushrooms, fiddleheads, ramps, and leaks. Calendar of seasonal availability, recipes and tips. |
| Wilderness_Survival__Edible_Plants Describes the identification and preparation of flora for consumption. Includes diagrams, the Universal Edibility Test, and lists of edible varieties. |
| You_Can_Become_a_Hardcore_Forager Article from Backwoods Home Magazine, issue 47. Includes information on tools needed, safety, preparation, as well as details on some plants, frogs, turtles and fish. |
| Disgusting_critter_just_needs_a_new_image_____and_gravy_ Humorous article from The Standard-Times containing information on eating nutria. (November 19, 1997) |
| American_Cheese_Society From the not-for-profit organization which promotes cheeses. General information for all cheese types. |
| Black_Diamond The snack that peels with a twist. Cheestrings product info, games, activities and contests. [Requires Flash.] |
| British_Cheese_Board Information on British cheeses, including links to producers and recipes. |
| Canadian_Cheese_Encyclopedia Information about cheeses including history, recipes, and cheesemaking. |
| Cheese_101 A cheese primer for beginner cooks from the Reluctant Gourmet. |
| The_Cheese_Diaries Pictures and posts from writers who adore cheese of all kinds. |
| Cheese_Island Quirky reviews of various cheeses, paying attention to the all-important distinction between "good cheese" and "bad cheese." |
| Cheese_of_France Official site on French cheese. Quizzes, recipes and suitable wines suggested. |
| Cheese_com Everything you want to know about cheese. Extensive search features. |
| Cheeses_From_Spain The Spanish Trade Commission's visual guide to hundreds of regional Spanish "quesos" |
| Cheeses_of_France Origin of cheese and specific information about French cheese. |
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