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Business Plans

For a comprehensive guide to creating a business plan see the New Venture Competition library guide.

Model business plans for the hospitality industry can be found in the following resources.

Biography Reference Bank from H.W. Wilson This link opens in a new window Best resource for current public figures (entertainers, authors, chefs). In-depth, original profiles from the Current Biography, World Authors, and Junior Authors & Illustrators series. Full-text biographical articles, images, and abstracts from leading magazines and newspapers.

Click the database link above and follow these steps.

Use Advanced Search show below. Under Occupation/Activity type chef. Click Search to browse a list of all biographies on chefs.

National Agricultural Library Digital Collections
Includes historical dietary guidelines, historical recipe collections, scientific images of fruits, vegetables, food animals, and other special historical collections.
The American Menu
10 years of occasional blogs about historic menus in the collection of Henry Voigt.
Historical and Regional Cookbooks in the Digital Public Library of America
Brings up a list of all cookbooks currently in the DPLA; select regions, genres, and formats from the additional Subjects list. Open access.
Mexican Cookbooks Collection of University of Texas San Antonio
Digitized personal manuscripts and some commercial printed collections of Mexican and Mexican-American recipes. Open access. From the UTSA Special Collections library.
Ancient Mesopotamian Recipes
Research and commentary on recipes from 1730 BCE, recorded on clay tablets.

Food Safety Research Information Office
From the US Dept. of Agriculture, the FSRIO provides a searchable database of research projects, publications, reports and assessments. Food Safety Topics page provides an easy index.
Selected Internet Resources on Food Safety
Peer-Reviewed Webliography, includes Inter-governmental organizations, federal agencies, educational, non-profit, and professional organizations

National Agriculture Library Food and Human Nutrition Section
Part of the United States Department of Agriculture. Open-access publications and research on diet and health, dietary guidance, supplements, food composition, and more.
Nutrition & Diet Journals
search within periodicals specific to diet and nutrition

HACCP: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
FDA information about the international HACCP standard and guidance for the retail and food industries, and dairy, juice, fish and seafood producers

HACCP certification: there are several reputable providers

SGS corporate website offers free webinars and whitepapers on HACCP certifications including Halal, Kosher, and Sustainability

ServSafe certification - Online training materials, online assessment, and certification details

Allen County Department of Health, Food Safety
County website with news, alerts, and links out to state and federal food safety resources
Indiana State Department of Health, Food Protection Program
Website of the state government program overseeing food safety, from production to consumption. Provides educational materials and links out to federal and county resources
Indiana Code - Alcoholic beverages
From this link to the homepage of the current Indiana Code, navigate to Title 7.1 Alcohol and Tobacco, Article 3 Permits

The Butlers' Guild
Table Service, Table Settings, Cleaning tips, and more content freely accessible to Visitors
Emily Post's Table Setting Guide
Diagrams and explanations of different setting and service styles
Napkin Folding Guide
Website devoted to specialty napkin folds, plus how to fold other items