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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"food preparation"”.
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Improving food preparation through technology integration
… was cooking, enjoying the smells of the fresh food and anxiously waiting for a taste. While waiting, I learned the beauty of the process that magically scientifically turns multiple ingredients into delicious food. Cooking was how I connected my lifestyle with my culture. I do not like to go …
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An evaluation of domestic food hygiene and food preparation practices
… was to evaluate the hygiene of domestic food preparation practices. The traditional survey approach used to study this behaviour has problems of interpretation and verification. In this study direct observation, supplemented with food temperature measurements was used to gather …
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Storage of eggs by home refrigeration and their use in food preparation
Eggs are used almost universally as food, and few other foods have been prepared in such a variety of ways. Although production and consumption will vary with the season, locality and cost, only three agricultural products produced in the United States exceed eggs in economic importance. As imports …
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Quality assessment of frying oils in the formal and informal food preparation sectors
Dissertation submitted in compliance with the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chemical Sciences, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1998.
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Food Preparation And Dining In A Normalized Space Environment The Meal: A Centerpiece For Psychological Survival
… and they give modularity to the evolution of food in space. A diverse menu can elevate the meal for every crew member by providing dishes from all over the world, for a culturally diverse crew. In a world where everything is freeze-dried, introducing an herb growth facility that can bring a …
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A Pilot Study of a Summer School Food Backpack program for Students and Their Caregivers
… include school-based nutrition education and food preparation classes that are paired with a backpack of food. <br /><strong>Objective</strong>: Determine if the program ingredients were used at home, if the necessary cooking tools were available and if the overall awareness and motivation to …
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Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes, concerning food hygiene, in children and young adults, in south east Wales
Surveillance statistics show that many food poisoning cases occur in the home and surveys have revealed wide spread ignorance of cross-contamination and temperature control. In this work the food preparation practices of children and young adults (n=267) in south East wales were considered. Regular …
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Revisiting the food agency framework: from understanding why we cook to improving the measurement of food agency
The concept of food agency reflects the socially embedded characteristics of cooking and food preparation in modern society, while this contextual nature also posts challenges to measuring cooking behavior. The Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale (CAFPAS) was developed as a measurement tool …
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Co-Creating Solutions: Affordable Healthy Eating for Individuals Living with Cognitive Disabilities
Background: Access to safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right, yet it remains elusive for many, especially those living with cognitive disabilities. Cognitive disabilities affect one's ability to plan, recall information, make decisions, use tools (like recipes), or even stay …
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Culinary skills: Immediate and intermediate impacts of a peer-education intervention for adolescents
Inadequate household food preparation equipment has been identified as a barrier to home meal preparation. In a cross-sectional study of households in the United States, food secure households reported owning significantly more unique food preparation equipment items than food insecure households …
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The proteomics of pottery and its residues: applications to ancient foodways
Food is one of the most important parts of our daily lives yet one of the most difficult to detect in the archaeological record. Proteomic approaches to food have enormous potential in the detection of cuisine as, due to the genetically coded nature of protein sequences, they can provide evidence …
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The Effect of Meal Preparation Time on Food Expenditure and Nutritional Quality of Menus in Family Child-Care Homes in King County, Washington
… that an increase in the use of in-house food preparation in child-care settings could improve the nutrient profile of menus and decrease food costs. However, a limited number of studies have examined the effect of meal preparation time on nutritional quality and food expenditure in the …
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A social epidemiology of foodwork and home-prepared food
… and resource has been devoted to promoting home food preparation, based on the hypothesis that it is an important, modifiable determinant of diet composition and quality. Ideas about the importance of home food preparation to good nutrition have permeated into policy, with a number of countries …
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Safe Food Handling Knowledge and Practices of Street Food Vendors at Louis Trichardt Makhado Local Municipality, South Africa
Street-food vendors are an important component of the food supply chain; however, they have been implicated in the spreading of foodborne diseases. Street food often poses a risk to the health of consumers as they are prepared and sold in unhygienic conditions that bring about microbial and …
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A Workshop Plan for Food Service Supervisors in Seventh-day Adventist Institutions in Mexico
… service to produce high quality and nutritious food within reasonable cost. Any training which the food service supervisor may receive in administration, nutrition and food preparation will aid in achieving this goal. No training program for food service supervisors in Seventh-day Adventist …
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AN HEALTHY DIET AND AN HEALTHY FOOD ADDED WITH L-ARGININE: BIOAVAILABILITY AND BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
Background The use of L-Arginine as food supplement to a normal diet, in relatively large doses, has been proved to have a salutary effect on cardiovascular diseases and glucose metabolism. L-Arginine was found to be bio-available and effective in the prevention of impairment of glucose metabolism …
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A Book on Nutrition and Cookery for Brazil--YOUR FOOD AND YOU
… education in nutrition and cookery by their poor food habits. Nutrition education is important means of combating malnutrition. There is a pressing need for more nutrition education in Brazil.</p> <p>It has been the purpose of this study to present a small book, on the average Brazilian homemaker …
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Multi-Modal Recognition of Manipulation Activities through Visual Accelerometer Tracking, Relational Histograms, and User-Adaptation
… Manipulation activities as occurring in food preparation are particularly challenging to recognize, as they involve many different objects, non-unique task orders and are subject to personal idiosyncrasies. Video data and data from embedded accelerometers provide complementary …
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