For this course, your research requires you to address both the scientific and cultural side of food. After picking from the list of acceptable food groups, you will need to find a selection of scientific scholarship in order to understand what you are looking at.
Once you understand what you are examining, you should then consider a cultural angles of the food specifically in reference to China. To do so, consider who grew, cooked, or consumed the food. Think about how and in what context (e.g., for Chinese New Year) they did so. You will not need to address each question, but consider them as starting points.
To find the answer to both components of your project, you should
Use this page to find the books and journal articles. Use the "Commodities and Food Stuffs" tab to find suggestions on relevant primary source collections.
Your local libraries have excellent monographs and anthologies located in O'Neill library as well as through the BC libraries portal. Try searching for books (only books) through the WorldCat library system to see if we have what you need. If we don't, you can order material through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Avoiding the Dire Straits by 
Food in Time and Place by 
A Movable Feast by 
Near a Thousand Tables by 
Of Tripod and Palate by For a selection of excellent journals and some e-books on various topics in global history, we recommend a few databases. Remember to explore these database "advanced search" options for date and other modifiers before you run your searches.
Need to check whether a journal article is peer reviewed? Check out Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory. Look up your journal's name and if Ulrichsweb includes a 
symbol, you know it's been peer reviewed (also called "refereed").
