12:48 AM 2/15/98
The Food Newsgroups Pointer  - Version 4 Rev February 13, 1998


There are many food groups available for your reading pleasure.  Among 
them are specialized groups that meet a specific need and groups that  
appear to serve a wide range of needs.  Some of the descriptions give a 
pointer to rec.food.cooking, but you can still post to those groups if 
you choose.  These groups may or may not be very active due to strange 
propagation of newsfeeds.  

Some groups cater to a specific region, area or country.  The relcom.* 
groups are specific to Russia and may be in a special type format.
Many of the regional groups end with the suffix eats (e.g., dfw.eats,
houston.eats); these groups are mostly about restaurants in those 
areas.  Some of the regional groups end with .food or .dining.  There 
is no set formula for the naming of these groups.

The one line description is the line that is provided by the "originator"
of the group when the group is first set up.  If there is no description 
line it is because my system didn't have one listed.  Some of these 
groups are clearly novelty groups, but they do have traffic.  If you see 
a group listed that it isn't on your system and you want to participate 
in it, ask your News Administrator or System Administrator to add it 
for you.  If there isn't any traffic, start something.

Before you start posting to any of the groups listed below, please read 
the group for a while.  Get a feel for how the group as a whole works.  
Some groups are very tightly "run" and the members don't like a lot of 
off-topic posts.  Other groups are more free-form in nature and don't 
get bent out of shape when an off-topic post comes along.  When you
do post, please be considerate of other posters and trim the follow-up in
your post.  Don't quote 75 lines just to say "me too".  

Please don't post the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe Scam and keep in mind
that Craig  Shergold is a healthy teenager now and doesn't want any more
cards or  letters sent on his behalf.  Also, posts that are a part of a
get rich  quick or MAKE MONEY FAST scheme will only get nasty mail sent to
your service provider.  These are old and not-very-welcome scams.

If I have left out your favorite food group, mail me and I'll add it to 
the next revision of the list.


REC.* food groups

rec.food.baking         Baking and baked goods, e.g. bread, pastries.
rec.food.chocolate      Chocolate.
rec.food.cooking        Food, cooking, cookbooks, and recipes.
rec.food.cuisine.jewish Moderated - discussion about Jewish food/tradition
rec.food.drink          Wines and spirits.
rec.food.drink.beer	All things beer.
rec.food.drink.coffee   The making and drinking of coffee.
rec.food.drink.tea      Tea as beverage and culture.
rec.food.equipment      Food-related equipment, appliances, utensils.
rec.food.historic       The history of food making arts.
rec.food.marketplace    Buying and selling food-related items.
rec.food.preserving     Preserving foodstuffs, herbs, and medicinals.
rec.food.recipes        Recipes for interesting food and drink. (Moderated)
rec.food.restaurants    Discussion of dining out.
rec.food.sourdough      Making and baking with sourdough.
rec.food.veg            Vegetarians.
rec.food.veg.cooking    Vegetarian recipes, cooking, nutrition. (Moderated)


Miscellaneous Food Related Groups

sci.bio.food-science    Topics related to food science and technology.
sci.med.nutrition       Physiological impacts of diet.
tw.bbs.rec.foodstuff    BBS Board of Foods


Regional Food & Restaurant Groups

aus.foodtech            Food Science and Technology
austin.food		Eating, cooking, and culinary delights in Austin, TX.
av.dining               Antelope Valley, California, USA dining.
ba.food		        Bay Area restaurants and eating places.
bofh.food               Coffee, beer, breakfast cereals.
chi.eats		Chicago IL food and restaurant reviews
dc.dining               Washington, D.C., USA Food & Restaurant Reviews
de.rec.mampf            Alles, was mit Essen und Trinken etc. zu tun hat.
dfw.eats		Dallas/Ft Worth TX food and restaurant reviews 
fido7.kitchen		cooking talks
fj.rec.food             Food, spirits, cooking, cookbooks,&  recipes. (Japan)
han.rec.food            Things to Eat or Drink. Hangul language (Korean) 
houston.eats		Houston, TX food and restaurant reviews 
iijnet.food             Topics and information about food, cooking, wine, etc.
israel.food             Food in Israel (new - 2/98)
kanto.rec.food          About food. (Japanese language)
kw.eats                 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
la.eats		        Los Angeles, California, USA food & restaurant reviews
maus.bigfood		Rezepte, Ess- und Fresstips (MausNet - Deutschland)
memphis.dining          Memphis, Tennessee, USA
mex.tradiciones.cocina	Mexican cooking.
mod.recipes             [No description available]
ne.food                 New England food and restaurant reviews.
neworleans.info		New Orleans' history,culture,people,food, etc. (Mod)
nyc.food                Eating out around the New York City area.
oc.eats                 Orange County, California, USA
okinawa.food.misc       Talk about foods.
pdaxs.ads.food          Cook's equipment, groceries, cooperatives, etc.
pdaxs.jobs.restaurants	Waitpersons, cooks, bartenders, buspersons.
pdaxs.schools.cooking	If you make it, you have to eat it.
pgh.food                Food in Pittsburgh.
phl.food                Restaurant information and reviews.
relcom.commerce.food    Food.
relcom.commerce.food.drinks     Spirits and soft drinks.
relcom.commerce.food.sweet	Sweeties, sugar.
sat.food                Food, recipies, & culinary delights in San Antonio,TX
sdnet.eats              San Diego, California, USA
seattle.eats 		Seattle WA food and restaurant reviews 
slac.rec.food		Announcements of Culinary Interest at SLAC
stl.dining              St. Louis, Missouri, USA
tnn.foods		Topics and information about food, cooking, etc.
tnn.foods.b-class	Information about b-class gourmet foods, restaurants.
tnn.foods.kansai	Information about foods and restaurants in Kansai area.
tnn.foods.liquor	Topics and information about liquor.
tnn.foods.recipes	Special and intersting original recipies.
tnn.foods.tokyo	        Information about foods and restaurants in Tokyo.
tor.eats		Toronto, Ontario, Canada - restaurants & food.
triangle.dining         Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
ucb.eats		Discussion/Reviews of restaurants and food.
uk.food+drink.archives  UK food archives announcements (Moderated)
uk.food+drink.misc      food & drink in all forms within the UK
uk.food+drink.restaurants independent guide to UK restaurants
ukr.commerce.food	Commercial advertisments for food. <cyrillic>
umn.general.food	Food and Restaurants around the U of MN community.
us.sc.charleston.dining South Carolina USA
us.sc.chester.dining    South Carolina USA
us.sc.columbia.dining   South Carolina USA
us.sc.florence.dining   South Carolina USA
us.sc.gsp.dining        South Carolina USA
us.sc.lancaster.dining  South Carolina USA 
us.sc.rockhill.dining   South Carolina USA
vegas.food              Anything about food in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA


Clarinet News Service Groups (by subscription only) 
(All clari.* groups are moderated)

clari.biz.industry.food Food processing, markets, restaurants. (Mod)
clari.biz.industry.food.cbd       Food and agricultural supplies (Mod)
clari.biz.industry.food.releases  Food processing and products (Mod)
clari.biz.industry.food.retail.releases Restaurants and markets (Mod)
clari.biz.industry.household.cbd  Furniture,misc items,food prep equip(Mod)


ALT.* food groups.  (Anyone can create an Alt.group.  To do so,
                     subscribe to alt.config)

[special note: where is says "Use rec.food.cooking instead." this line
was the description line that was put there by my system, if you know of 
an alternative description line, send it to me.]

alt.bad.clams		Festering food or financial forgeries.
alt.business.import-export.food	   International trade in food.
alt.college.food        Dining halls, cafeterias, mystery meat, and more.
alt.cookies.yum.yum.yum	?
alt.cooking-chat	Much like rec.food.cooking - less traffic
alt.crackers		Snack food in little bits or big bytes.
alt.creative-cook	Recipe exchange and cooking discussion
alt.creative-cooking	Recipe exchange and cooking discussion
alt.food               	Much like rec.food.cooking - less traffic
alt.food.barbecue       Barbecue, grilling and related subjects
alt.food.chocolate      Aphrodisiac confections.
alt.food.cocacola       An American Classic.  Buy our nostalgic art.
alt.food.coffee         Black gold of another sort.  Colombian tea.
alt.food.dennys         Breakfast, all day and all night.
alt.food.fast-food      Fast food restaurants.
alt.food.fat-free       Very low fat foods; not necessarily about weight loss.
alt.food.grits          Ground hominy, germless.
alt.food.ice-cream      I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
alt.food.low-fat        Low fat diets, food, and cooking.
alt.food.mcdonalds      Carl Sagan's favourite burger place.
alt.food.pancakes       Fun with flapjacks.
alt.food.peeps          Marshmallow Chickens and Bunnies
alt.food.pez            All about Pez Candy
alt.food.professionals  Fruit of the Loom.
alt.food.red-lobster    For the sea food lover in you.
alt.food.squeezepop     [no description available]
alt.food.sushi          The ancient art of preparing raw fish.
alt.food.taco-bell      Make a run for the border.
alt.food.waffle-house   Not just for breakfast anymore.
alt.food.wine           All about wine, for oeneophiles.
alt.food.sugar-cereals  Self explanatory
alt.food.veg.ted-altar  [What in the world is this?]
alt.gourmand		Recipes & cooking info. (Moderated)
alt.org.food-not-bombs  The Food Not Bombs homeless aid organization.
alt.recipes.hawaii      Another recipe group.
alt.restaurants		Use rec.food.restaurants instead.
alt.support.food-allergies Discussion group for people with food allergies.
alt.tv.networks.tvfood	Discussion of the programs airing on the TV Food 
                        Network

-- 
Claire
