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.

Includes recipes from Le Cordon Bleu cooking school, nutritional analyses, safety information, a glossary of cooking terms, and American, British, and French culinary vocabulary.

Essentials of Professional Cooking, Second Edition, focuses on fundamental cooking procedures and techniques, functions of ingredients, and desired results to empower the reader with the keen understanding necessary to prepare virtually any dish to perfection—without relying solely on a recipe. Specially constructed to meet the on-the-job demands of food-service managers, the streamlined approach of Essentials of Professional Cooking, Second Edition, extends the benefits of this material to students and professionals in hospitality management and food-service management.

The Study Guide to Accompany Professional Cooking, Seventh Edition is a useful tool to help students study and review the material in the textbook Professional Cooking. It contains 35 chapters of key exercises related to key terms; true/false questions; completion, short-answer, and other written exercises; and math exercises. The purpose is to reinforce learning, support your study efforts, and assist you in mastering the material.

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 than ever before, this beautifully revised and updated Sixth Edition helps culinary students and aspiring chefs gain the tools and confidence they need to succeed as they build their careers in one of the fastest growing and exciting fields today. 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 a detailed history of modern food service * Nearly 1,200 illustrations--including over 200 new photographs--highlight ingredients, step-by-step techniques, and plated dishes in splendid visual detail * Completely revised, updated, and expanded vegetable chapters feature additional product identification and cooking techniques, as well as new recipes * Revised and expanded Nutrition chapter features the new USDA nutritional guidelines * Stunning new design--helpful sidebars and dedicated chapters on menus, recipes, and cost management; cooking with legumes, grains, and pastas; breakfast preparation; dairy; and beverages * New culinarE-Companion recipe management software features user-friendly navigation and robust content

This is the study guide to accompany Professional Cooking, 9e The Ninth Edition of Professional 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 is the core material that focuses on the essentials--the comprehensive understanding of ingredients and basic cooking techniques that are the foundation of success in the kitchen, and the development of manual skills to apply this knowledge. strong style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"