Food for YOU, the student: Food For You has been designed to foster a lifelong enthusiasm for the concepts and practices you will encounter as you study Food and Technology. This highly visual and engaging text includes: * extensively trialled recipes that you can use in class OR cook for your friends and family at home * a strong focus on design processes and their application through the use and development of design briefs * detailed and up-to-date coverage of Food, technology and health information including safety and hygiene for kitchen beginners, Australian measurement, key foods and nutrition Food for YOU, the teacher: Food For You is written specifically to provide the most comprehensive coverage available of VELS (Victorian Essential Learning Standards). It genuinely reflects the values that underpin the VELS, and provides a broad range of stimulating activities with strong links to the relevant VELS domains.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Cambridge University Press .

Sonia Goodacre is an experienced teacher of VCE Health and Human Development at a senior secondary school and currently at a TAFE institution. She is actively involved in providing professional development for teachers and has prepared a number of support materials and curriculum packages for VCE Health and Human Development. Sonia was also involved in the writing of the current VCE Health and Human Development Study Design. Chrissy Collins is a Health and Food Technology teacher at Greensborough College. She has also written and presented professional development workshops for teachers on Health Education with a focus on ICT, multimedia, student motivation and engagement in the health classroom. Carolyn Slattery has been a teacher of Health subjects at both senior and middle secondary levels for the past 10 years. Carolyn was awarded the Jan Blackburn Award for outstanding teacher in this subject area. Leanne Compton is a lecturer in Health and Human Development Education at Deakin University. She is President of the Home Economics Institute of Australia and National Delegate for the Home Economics Institute of Australia. She is also a presenter at numerous state, national and international conferences in health and home economics. She is involved in national curriculum development including writing health and home economics material. Chrissy Collins is a Health and Food Technology teacher at Greensborough College. She has written and presented professional development workshops for teachers on Health Education with a focus on ICT, multimedia, student motivation and engagement in the health classroom. Sally Lasslett has been teaching Health for over 10 years and currently teachers at Essendon Keilor College. She is an active member of VHETTA and regularly presents PDs through VHETTA on all aspects of Health, HHD and Food and Technology. She has also co-authored numerous VCE HHD and Food and Tech textbooks and revision texts. Arena Nilsson has over 10 years' experience teaching Health Education and VCE Health and Human Development. She currently teaches at Williamstown High School and is leader of the Health and PE Curriculum Area team. Donna Davies is an experienced PE teacher. She is currently VCE coordinator and teacher of Physical Education at Methodist Ladies' College and the previous Head of Physical Education. Catherine Murphy is a secondary Physical Education and Health teacher. She has taught at Genazzano F. C. J. College for eight years and in this time has held the position of Head of Sport. She has been an examiner for VCE Physical Education Units 3 & 4.

This book has the following chapters: Career Profile - Curtis Stone Celebrity Chef; 1. Food Hygiene and Safety - It's Your Responsibility!; How much do you know?; Safety and hygiene in the kitchen; Kitchen and personal hygiene; Food poisoning; The different types of food poisoning; Food contamination; Safe food in Australia; Career Profile - Vicky Lambropoulos Environmental Health Officer; Food labelling; 2. Eat Well Live Well; How much do you know?; Nutrients; Protein; Carbohydrates; Fibre; Fat; Vitamins; Minerals; Water; Getting hungry; Nutrient needs across the lifespan; Food selection models; Career Profile - Andrea Bryce Dietician; 3. Good Foods Great Health; How much do you know?; Obesity; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Career Profile - Carolyn Conway; Diabetes Educator; Cancer; Osteoporosis; Dental caries; Food allergies and intolerances; Coeliac disease; Lactose intolerance; 4 Methods of Cooking; How much do you know?; Why do we cook food?; Career Profile - Jodie Thom Sensory Manager; Methods of heat transfer; Conduction; Convection; Radiation; Methods of cooking; Cooking with dry heat; Career Profile - Natalie Stivala Head Chef; Cooking with moist heat; Microwave cooking; 5. Taste the World; How much do you know?; French flair; Career Profile - Katie Falkiner Food Critic; Great Greek; Interesting Italian; Inviting Indian; Tantalising Thai; Career Profile - David Walker Food Technologist; 6. Kitchen Secrets; How much do you know?; What happens to food when it's prepared and cooked?; How and why does preparation and cooking change food?; Starch; Sugar; Liqids fats and oils; Eggs; Raising agents; 7. Food For Thought; How much do you know?; How does the food we eat impact on the environment?; What is earth-friendly food?; Buy local fresh and seasonal food; Reduce food that creates waste; Avoid bottled water; Reduce the amount of foods of animal origin; Choose ethically sound foods; Buy food from farming systems that minimise harm to the environment; Making difficult choices; Future food issues; ; Recipes; Apfelstrudel; Apple cake; Aussie hamburger; Beef ragu; Butter chicken; Caramel butternut cheesecake; Chicken parmagiana with chips; Chocolate eclairs; Corn chowder; Crunchy vegetarian rolls; Curry paste; Hazelnut crescents; Marinated chicken sticks with mango salsa; Moroccan lettuce cups; Spinach calzone; Steamed wontons; Sticky date pudding with caramel sauce; Stir-fried chicken with vegetables; Strawberry jam; Tender lamb and pasta salad; Thai green chicken curry.