Contents: Foreword; General Introduction; France; Italy; Britain; Spain; Belgium and Holland; Switzerland; Sweden; Germany; Austria; Editor's Notes. This is a collection of recipes, menus and dynamic on-location photographs that captures each chef's philosophy. Index. 128 color photos.

The companion volume to the PBS-TV series The Kitchens of Biró shares a selection of more than 125 delicious recipes inspired by the culinary traditions of European continental cuisine, including a variety of appetizers, amuse-bouches, soups, salads, entrees, and desserts, along with practical advice on cooking techniques and ingredients. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"When - Master Chef Professional Cooking Techniques - was first introduced, we mentioned that the number of cookbooks available for professionals and amateurs was nearly infinite. Yet most of were simply recipe books, only a few of which demonstrated some cooking techniques. Moreover, the handful that presented comprehensive cooking techniques was written in languages unfamiliar for our part of the world. Thus, in 2003, we published a manual for specialized readers that filled this gap in Latin America's professional cuisine industry.Our manual was the first of its kind in Spanish providing comprehensive, step-by-step techniques for international cuisine, with the procedures needed for preparing fruits, vegetables, poultry, all types of meat, fish, seafood, pastas, sauces, soups, eggs, pastries, and doughs. Mastery of these techniques allows any lover of culinary arts, whether professional or amateur, not only to correctly interpret or modify any recipe but also, and fundamentally, to create new recipes, limited only by one's imagination.This fifteen-chapter manual was the result of more than twenty years of experience in teaching our Professional Chef Program courses, in classes imparted by Olympic and world champions who have taught at our Institute, supplemented by the many lessons we have learned at international "professional tournaments. This new edition of Master Chef Professional Cooking Techniques further develops its explanations of occupational health and safety measures and includes a number of additional techniques. In particular, a special Cereal and Grains chapter has been added, with techniques on the preparation of Couscous (traditional preparation), barley, quinoa, and wheat. Another new chapter is the one on Potatoes, which provides techniques for preparing Duchess mashed potatoes, the Spanish tortilla, r�sti, pomme bouchon, gratin dauphinois, and potatoes dauphine. The Fish and Seafood chapter is expanded to include the cleaning and cooking of calamari and octopus. The Sauces chapter is enriched by the addition of sweet and sour sauces, barbecue sauce, hot sauce, deglazing, and binding with cassava flour. The Meats chapter now includes tongue, cuts of lardons, and Brazilian meat cuts. The Pastry chapter has been expanded with the inclusion of corn galette and the Hungarian fried-bread known as "l�ngos." The Cooking chapter now covers legumes, smoking, poaching, and glazing of tomatoes.""The Pastas chapter now includes "r�tolo" and the Central European dumplings known as "Servietten Kn�del". Finally, the chapter entitled Miscellaneous Techniques now includes onion compote, croquettes, infused oils, balsamic vinegar reduction, cassava flour, and cheese pastry cups.I could not conclude this introduction without expressing my gratitude to my brother Paulo, instructor at the Institute, for his assistance in the presentation of the techniques, I also thank Mr. Jorge E. Monti de Valsassina, Continental Director for America, of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) for his invaluable support, as well as Mr. Gustavo M�ndez Graciano, Educational Director of the Panamerican Forum of Professional Culinary Associations."Mariana Sebess. "Professional cooking techniques".

As Executive Pastry Chef at the White House for twenty-five years, Roland Mesnier has been responsible for creating thousands of elegant, delicious confections and dazzling desserts for hundreds of state dinners and family occasions. An accomplished teacher as well as a master chef, he now shares his expertise with home cooks in Dessert University, which features more than 300 spectacular recipes. This beautifully illustrated volume is a complete course in making the full spectrum of spectacular sweets—from breakfast pastries, cookies, and pies to fresh-fruit desserts, frozen confections, and cakes. Recipes in each chapter are organized from the simplest to the most complex, and Chef Mesnier walks you through each step, pointing out common mistakes and offering insights on technique gained from his years as a professional. Most of these recipes need few special ingredients and almost no fancy equipment; nearly everything can be purchased at a well-stocked supermarket, department store, or kitchen supply store. Chef Mesnier includes tips on techniques, ingredients, and serving suggestions, and offers home cooks practical advice, such as how to fill and use a pastry bag and the best way to whip egg whites. Mesnier starts off with his fresh-fruit desserts, including uniquely wonderful recipes such as Bananas in Raspberry Cream, Blueberry Fool, and Poached Peaches with Chestnut Mousse. He moves on to creamy custards, puddings, soufflés, mousses and Bavarians, ice creams, meringues, crêpes, and breakfast treats (including buttery brioche and croissant doughs). Chef Mesnier's cookie and bar recipes will fill your cookie jar with such treats as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Almond Crescents, Orange Butter Cookies, Brownies, and Florentine Squares. There are sweet and savory tarts, and cakes ranging from the simple (Lemon Pound Cake) to the unusual (Peanut Butter and Jelly Roulade Cake) to the sophisticated (Chocolate Champagne Mousse Cake). More than fifty black-and-white line drawings throughout illustrate Chef Mesnier's instructions for the more complicated recipes. Whether you're a novice who has never picked up a rolling pin or an accomplished cook looking to hone and enhance your skills, this is truly a book you cannot do without.

If the only thing that comes to mind when you think of Black Forest cuisine is the infamous cream-slathered, cherry-studded Black Forest Cake, then Chef Walter Staib has a thing or two to show you! Nestled in Southwestern Germany, the region surrounding the Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, is known throughout Europe and beyond for its rich and internationally influenced cuisine, making it a top destination for gourmands from around the world. In Black Forest Cuisine, renowned chef and cookbook author Walter Staib takes home chefs on a mouth-watering tour of the culinary treasures found in his homeland. Each chapter introduces dishes as they are served in a variety of Black Forest environs-from the comfort food of a Home Kitchen to the more portable meals of the Café, from the complicated banquets of a Gasthaus to the grand menus featured in fashionable Hotels. In this compendium of local yet worldly cuisine, Chef Staib shows that the cuisine of the Black Forest inspires much more than just a cake. Recipes include: Hungarian Goulasch Spätzle & Potato Stew Bienenstich Sauerbraten More than just a cookbook, Black Forest Cuisine is a photographic and culinary exploration of the famous region, lovingly presented by one of its own sons. Fully illustrated with 4-color photographs of the enchanting Black Forest and its mouth-watering food, this cookbook will transport readers to the warm and magical land that many Europeans already know and love.

Gastronomy is the art and science of good eating and drinking: a concept that extends outwards to embrace wider notions of tradition, culture, society and civilisation. This book provides a rigorous, well researched and much needed treatment of the subject, systematically outlining: * the development of European gastronomic tradition, and the social, economic, philosophical and geographical contexts of change * the experiences, philosophies and relative contributions of great gastronomes, past and present * the interplay of traditional and contemporary influences on modern gastronomy * the relationship between gastronomy and and travel and tourism * salient issues of nutrition, food hygiene and health promotion Taking an all-encompassing look at the subject of gastronomy past, present and future, 'European Gastronomy into the 21st Century' uses example menus and case studies to demonstrate the theory. It also provides an insight into the business arena, using key destination restaurants to illustrate management techniques and marketing issues. Accessible and highly structured, the book guides the reader through its wide-ranging and thought-provoking content.