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The Ninth Edition ofProfessional Cooking reflects the changing nature of our understanding of cooking and related fields such as food safety, nutrition, and dietary practices, as well as new thinking about how best to teach this material. What has not changed... Read Full Overview

Praise for Wayne Gisslens books on Professional Baking: "An encyclopedic and clear handbook of things to do with your oven, from challah to specialty meringues and mocha roll; even some unbaked desserts are tucked in at the end in this textbook for sweet tooths." -- The Wall... Read Full Overview

Completely redesigned, updated and richly illustrated revision of the classic instructional guide to professional cooking. Includes step-by-step detail, 250 colour photos with thorough coverage of products. One of the most popular and endorsed guides.

Key features of this new Sixth Edition include: * Over 100 new, fully tested recipes * A brand new chapter on vegetarian cuisine, featuring different types of vegetarian diets * Expanded and updated information, such as a con-temporary look at presenting and garnishing food and... Read Full Overview

Study from the best for guaranteed career success! Wayne Gisslen's Professional Cooking has led the way as "simply the best" resource for new and practicing chefs! It is the best-selling undergraduate food preparation textbook in the marketplace. With its clear and effective... Read Full Overview

On Professional Cooking : "This book has a place in the library for all who want to understand and build their basic cooking skills." -The American Institute of Wine and Food On Professional Baking : "An encyclopedic and clear handbook of things to do with your oven, from challah... Read Full Overview

The most widely-used text for chef-training programs, now in its second edition. This comprehensive, practical introduction to the basic skills and procedures of commercial food preparation can be applied to any level or type of food service operation. Now includes 115 new recipes,... Read Full Overview

Features the same clear, concise, and accurate explanations of techniques and recipes that have distinguished earlier editions. * 1,000 recipes, including 250 from Le Cordon Bleu. * 250 new color photographs--1,000 photographs in all--of plated dishes and step-by-step techniques... Read Full Overview

Packed with more than 650 recipes plus 600 variations and more information than ever before, the Seventh Edition of this cornerstone professional resource offers complete, step-by-step instruction in cooking principles and the techniques necessary for success as a professional... Read Full Overview

For peerless coverage of the theory and practice of baking. This edition is packed with new material and features - from six new chapters on pastry, desserts and sugar work to hundreds of colour photographs and a stunning new user-friendly design. Features extensive contributions... Read Full Overview

Cooking is the preparation of food for eating. Preparing food professionally is a skill that involves learning about ingredients, equipment, knife skills, and cooking techniques, and then applying them to the execution of recipes

* New professional-level CD-ROM, including resizing of recipes, US/metric conversions, costing, purchasing lists, nutritional analysis, and more.

* New professional-level CD-ROM, including resizing of recipes, US/metric conversions, costing, purchasing lists, nutritional analysis, and more.

The Ninth Edition of Professional Cooking for Canadian Chefs reflects the changing nature of our understanding of cooking and related fields such as food safety, nutrition, and dietary practices, as well as new thinking about how best to teach this material. What has not changed... Read Full Overview

For peerless coverage of the theory and practice of baking. This edition is packed with new material and features - from six new chapters on pastry, desserts and sugar work to hundreds of colour photographs and a stunning new user-friendly design. Features extensive contributions... Read Full Overview

Wayne Gisslen's Professional Cooking has helped train hundreds of thousands of professional chefs--with clear, in-depth instruction on the cooking theories and techniques successful chefs need to meet the demands of the professional kitchen. Now, with 1,100 recipes and more information... Read Full Overview