The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition

Customer Reviews

Ah, the Bible for every avid gourmand or cook!

This is it! The one book that EVERY cook or gourmand must have! This text book, written by the world's premier culinary school, of which I am a student, is issued to every incoming student at the CIA. Time and time again I have turned to this book, and not just for my classes. As a chef, I often turn to this book to refresh my memory about an obscure technique, or even to remind myself about a fundamentally basic cooking method.

This is BY FAR the best edition of Professional Chef that the CIA has put out to date! Writen by the staff and educators of the Culinary Institute of American, including Certified Master Chefs, this book is complete with BEAUTIFUL full page photographs, insightful advice and tips, product identification charts and photographs, detailed explanations about the "mysteries" of cooking or sauce making, complete and easy to understand recipes, fully detailed conversion charts, and more! What else could a chef want in a cookbook?!

Once again, this book a must for anyone who loves food, loves to cook food, or loves to eat food!

Much more than anticipated

I have been cooking for quite some time now, and I am always digging for newer and better recipes and even different variations. This book had much more than I had ever thought that it would. It has a chapter dedicated to nutrition, kitchen safety, equipment, and all sorts of examples as well as photo's for everything, including cuts of meats, fish, poultry, etc.
It also thoroughly covers all sorts of food preparation, and the recipes!!! The recipes look just wonderful. It covers everything from simple broths, breads, sandwiches to different types of pastry. It is a great book for the beginner, as well as the experienced cook.
I have already tried a few of the recipes, and they are truely wonderful, and have been well tested. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to cook and bake..
One word of caution... Most of the recipes are geared to cooking of large quantities, for 10 portions or better. Breads for 8-10 loaves, and so on, so be prepared to modify your quantities.

A Cook's Best Friend rev. by jarkens@dsisd.k12.mi.us

I received "The Professional Chef" as a gift from a valued friend; it certainly is a challenging source of inspiration and information (glossaries, diagrams) for aspiring as well as veteran cooks. The recipes are set up in three-column tables, with Ingredients, Quantity, and Methods (numbered) in separate columns. From the basics to ideas and photos of advanced plating and buffet set-ups, this book is worth its weight in gold to anyone who cooks for fun or profit.