Everything you need to know to make Meat, Poultry and Seafood dishes in a spill proof guide that will survive years in any kitchen. This 4-page laminated guide includes: Shopping, Preparing, Cooking, Storing, Carving, Beef & Veal, Pork Cuts, Lamb Cuts, Poultry, and Seafood.

Seasonings and flavorings for every occasion. Spice up your life by getting the low-down on herbs and spices, their flavors and their uses. This 4-page laminated guide includes: definitions, tips & tricks, drying & storing herbs, salt facts, common herbs - flavors, forms, uses, herb butters, herb/spice oils & vinegars, common spices - flavors, forms, uses, herb/spice blends, presentation, preparation, growing your own, and herbal marinades.

For well over sixty years, the North American Meat Processors Association (NAMP) has provided the foodservice industry with reliable guidelines for purchasing meat. The Meat Buyer's Guide: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, and Poultry maintains the authoritative information professionals expect, and by including information from The Poultry Buyer's Guide in this new edition, it offers a complete, single-source reference for every facility's meat-buying needs. This new edition of The Meat Buyer's Guide features: New uses for muscles in meat carcasses New trim, cut, and processing options More than 60 new photographs NORTH AMERICAN MEAT PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION is a nonprofit trade association comprised of meat processing companies and associates who share a continuing commitment to provide their customers with reliable and consistent high-quality meat, poultry, seafood, game, and other food products. NAMP Member Companies provide unparalleled service to their customers through their unique meat product offerings and premium distribution systems. They are meat experts who satisfy their customer's needs with quality products, professionalism and realiabity. Look for the NAMP symbol when deciding on a meat and food supplier. To find a NAMP Meat Specialist near you, visit www.namp.com CUSTOMIZE THE MEAT BUYER'S GUIDE! To purchase customized copies of The Meat Buyer's Guide featuring your company's logo, please call 201-748-7771 or email [email protected].

At last, a field guide to identifying and selecting more than 200 different cuts and kinds of meat, from beef and poultry to game and cured meat! An essential resource for every home cook or chef, Field Guide to Meat offers details on virtually every kind of meat available. This practical guide includes more than 200 full-color photographs of cuts of beef, veal, pork, lamb, game, and poultry as well as more than 100 different kinds of cured meats and sausages. Cross-referenced with the photographs are in-depth descriptions of the cuts, including basic history, location in the animal, characteristics, information on how to choose the cut, and flavor affinities. Step-by-step preparation directions tell you whether the item is best marinated, braised, grilled, roasted, or pan-seared. Trips to the butcher’s aisle will no longer be intimidating, and you’ll never end up with a cut that’s too tough for dinner.

A primer on the sous vide cooking technique, including time and temperature tables and over 200 tested and delicious recipes for cooking eggs, meat, fish, poultry, game, vegetables, fruits, and desserts.

"The bible for all chefs."—Paul Bocuse Named one of the five favorite culinary books of this decade by Food Arts magazine, The Professional ChefTM is the classic kitchen reference that many of America's top chefs have used to understand basic skills and standards for quality as well as develop a sense of how cooking works. Now, the ninth edition features an all-new, user-friendly design that guides readers through each cooking technique, starting with a basic formula, outlining the method at-a-glance, offering expert tips, covering each method with beautiful step-by-step photography, and finishing with recipes that use the basic techniques. The new edition also offers a global perspective and includes essential information on nutrition, food and kitchen safety, equipment, and product identification. Basic recipe formulas illustrate fundamental techniques and guide chefs clearly through every step, from mise en place to finished dishes. Includes an entirely new chapter on plated desserts and new coverage of topics that range from sous vide cooking to barbecuing to seasonality Highlights quick reference pages for each major cooking technique or preparation, guiding you with at-a-glance information answering basic questions and giving new insights with expert tips Features nearly 900 recipes and more than 800 gorgeous full-color photographs Covering the full range of modern techniques and classic and contemporary recipes, The Professional Chef, Ninth Edition is the essential reference for every serious cook.

Seafood is Nathan Outlaw's passion and he is renowned for his unique style of cooking which encourages the individual flavors of the fish and shellfish to shine through.Sourcing only sustainable fish and local produce in season, Outlaw uses his considerable talents to take cooking seafood to extraordinary heights. In this impressive debut, he shares the secrets of his unique approach to cooking and provides a glorious collection of original recipes. In the book, Nathan Outlaw offers helpful advice and tips on buying the freshest fish and shellfish in a sustainably responsible way.He then guides you through various cooking techniques including how to pan-fry, grill, roast, steam and deep-fry fish to perfection. The core of the book takes you through the individual fish and shellfish--brill, bream, sea bass, salmon, scallops, squid and so on... For each type of fish or shellfish, Outlaw suggests the best cooking method and how to match the fish with sauces and accompaniments to create your own exquisite dishes. The recipes range from everyday quick meals to make at home for friends and family, to his signature restaurant dishes perfect for elegant dinner parties. Also included is a helpful photographic guide to preparing different types of fish and shellfish that details how to clean, bone and fillet seafood. Photographed on location in Cornwall, England, this sumptuous cookbook is a feast for ones eyes as well as ones palate.