The Professional Chef
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The Professional Chef is the quintessential kitchen companion from The Culinary Institute of America, used by hundreds of America's top chefs. This updated 10th Edition presents the skills and quality standards needed to master the fundamentals of cooking. A refreshed, modern design features simplified definitions and techniques streamlined into step-by-step instructions to support aspiring chefs and culinary students of any level. Revisions in the 10th edition include using modern plant-forward ingredients, in line with the CIA and Harvard's Menus of Change initiative, highlighting that vegetables can also be the star at the center of the plate. The authors merged meat and vegetable cookery chapters, and updated some recipes to feature plant-based ingredients, all revised in the CIA's own test kitchen. Chapters are reorganized to follow the CIA Culinary Fundamentals course more closely, with new troubleshooting sections based on frequent classroom questions, to help students and chefs solve problems before they occur, with updated text and photo examples. Updates for instructors and students include: "Method at a Glance" and "Method in Details" features provide overviews and in-depth step-by-step guidance "Beyond the Basics" sections offer ideas for expanding and improving upon techniques and recipes, with "Tips of the Trade" advice from real world kitchens "Preserving the Flavor" provides finishing instructions for each recipe and suggestions for reusing recipe byproduct Techniques now include two sections of recipes: base examples, and "More to Try" variations for further exploration, plus "Quality Criteria" that describe the expected results from each technique Includes even more recipes, illustrated with over 100 new full-color photos of ingredients, techniques, and plated dishes. Over 300 photos in total With focus on the simplicity and freshness of food and perfect kitchen technique, The Professional Chef, Tenth Edition is an essential introduction for students, and reference for every professional and home cook. Review: Great Book very in depth - I bought this book for myself as a Birthday present. I have loads of cookery books and decided from the reviews to have this one. This is an extensive book that goes from the very basics to filleting fish meat prep veg and making stocks. It does give you an insight into how much prep goes into simple looking things like consommé. I would not say it a a great cook book for loads of recipes(like the Ballymoe cookery course) but it has some and not yet tried but it also gives you all the basics in depth. I wish I had this book years ago it would have saved me from keep buying book after book. A lot of the recipes are for larger amounts that are great for in a professional kitchen (which I think this is aimed for students) But it also gives you ways how to divide for home cooks. Also good that it’s in us and eu quantities. To sum up For anyone interested in cooking who is starting out or for someone like me who is trying to fine dine their cooking it is a great buy. Glad I purchased Review: Best book ever - The most complete guide for culinary only thing missing is the hands on experience
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 181 Reviews |
N**S
Great Book very in depth
I bought this book for myself as a Birthday present. I have loads of cookery books and decided from the reviews to have this one. This is an extensive book that goes from the very basics to filleting fish meat prep veg and making stocks. It does give you an insight into how much prep goes into simple looking things like consommé. I would not say it a a great cook book for loads of recipes(like the Ballymoe cookery course) but it has some and not yet tried but it also gives you all the basics in depth. I wish I had this book years ago it would have saved me from keep buying book after book. A lot of the recipes are for larger amounts that are great for in a professional kitchen (which I think this is aimed for students) But it also gives you ways how to divide for home cooks. Also good that it’s in us and eu quantities. To sum up For anyone interested in cooking who is starting out or for someone like me who is trying to fine dine their cooking it is a great buy. Glad I purchased
A**D
Best book ever
The most complete guide for culinary only thing missing is the hands on experience
G**N
Must have, but not perfect.
As a person who loves cooking and loves to have classic and comprehensive cooking books, I don’t regret the purchase, however, few things would have made this book a benchmark. 1) would have benefited of a slightly bigger size for the sake of including bigger pictures and more text 2) the total pages have been reduced of almost a third from the previous version, is definitely noticeable that certain topics could have been expanded more.
B**T
New cut down version
I was excited when I saw the new edition being released but unfortunately in their attempts to streamline the format they have just chopped out loads of recipes. It used to have tonnes of great recipes that worked now it just has the bare minimum. Lots of pages are dedicated to encyclopaedic tables and pictures of ingredients and food fabrication. However, nowadays there are zillions of food fabrication videos on the internet and vast amounts to of information on ingredients. Overall a disappointing update and I’ve kept the previous edition for its more extensive recipe list.
P**E
It's not your typical kindle experience
I like it. It offers answers to a lot of questions I have. Not as easy to read like a kindle book but still worthwhile.
P**E
Fast delivery and the product arrived in perfect condition.
Amazing book!
J**A
Amazing cooking book overall
An absolute bible for cooking. It has everything you need to know, both for professionals and amateurs, very solid cooking material.
L**T
Chef bible
Chef’s A must
E**A
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C**R
Not as expected
Not very helpful if your trying to understand fundamentals or establish a general base in culinary arts. This reads more like a reference book in part or instructional. Health and sanitation sections are solid.
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