The Professional Chef
by The Culinary Institute of America
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Book Reviews of The Professional Chef
Book Review: A 'must bible' for any serious culinary collection.
Summary: 5 Stars
THE PROFESSIONAL CHEF has been named one of the five favorite professional culinary books of the last ten years by Food Arts, the professional magazine - and it's easy to see why. This revised, expanded edition for modern kitchens offers a blend of step-by-step cooking instructions and tips on techniques intrinsic to the aspiring chef's working routine. From nutrition to kitchen safety and specialty tools, techniques cover all dishes and restaurant situations and add charts and color photos throughout. Yes, there are plenty of recipes for everything from a basic broth to decorative food cutting - but it's the professional preparation details, also including easy sidebars of information as well as color photos of fish, herbs, and more which make THE PROFESSIONAL CHEF an outstanding college-level acquisition. Though many a home chef might take a look and learn, it's the neo-pro who will benefit here, making it a 'must bible' for any serious culinary collection.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Book Review: Professional Chef
Summary: 5 Stars
I received my book before the projected due date, which was great. However, I was disappointed that the spine of the book was damaged, but the rest of the book was perfect. I attempted to contact Amazon regarding the matter, even to point of returning it, but I could not get through to the page to let Amazon know of my issue. I just kept getting for re-routed back to my home page.
I am not sure if the damage to the spine was originally like that (from the warehouse)or if it was damaged during shipment. The packaging that the book was placed in was really poor, for a book of its size. The hardback book is a very heavy(contains over 1200 pages). If it would have rained, the book would have suffered water damage, because there were openings on both sides of the packaging and it didn't help that the UPS man just left the book at my front door, in the element.
Nevertheless, other than the spine issue, I was pleased with the timeframe in which the book arrived and the book.
Book Review: Good foundation for a home cook
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a home cook, but wish I had chosen a career in culinary arts. I am not interested in starting in such a grueling field at this point in my life, but I am interested in developing my culinary skills. That's why I chose this book. From this book, I have been learning about foods of different regions and basic cooking techniques. Some of what they offer is not that applicable for the home cook, such as how to inspect a giant hunk of meat when it's delievered to your place of business, and the recipes are designed for food service; for example, most soup and stock recipes prepare 5 gallons. I have had success with scaling some of the recipes down, but other recipes don't scale down as well, especially if you're making just one or two portions. But I didn't get this book for the recipes as much as for the techniques. With that in mind, I am very pleased with this book and imagine it will become an important part of my home designed culinary education.Book Review: This book is THE must-have reference for the pro or even the curious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not a chef (only in my mind), but my boyfriend is (he calls me his sous chef), and because of him I have taken a much greater interest in cooking and food writing in particular. I got this book and I am reading it along with The Making of a Chef by Michael Ruhlman. It is GREAT to see what he's going through in each class and then flipping ProChef open to see exactly what he's talking about!
You will learn so much in this book as a FOUNDATION to the other cookbooks you probably own, and will be all the better experienced and knowledgeable for it.
With beautiful pictures, detailed descriptions and tons of delectable recipes, this is the perfect reference and a true joy to read for pleasure as well.
I'd give it ONE MILLION stars if I could!
Book Review: the ULTIMATE cookbook
Summary: 5 Stars
This cookbook is amazing. Really. I ordered this for my boyfriend's birthday, and he is the pickiest person I know. He said it's what he's always wanted. This book is great for beginners or someone who has been cooking for years. It has great photographs and easy to understand steps. It is divided into cuisine for different parts of the world, and also is divided into various groups of food (including photographs) such as greens, legumes, meats, fruits, vegetabels...with information about how to store, cut, simmer---anything you want. It's all in here. (My boyfriend was excited about the cuts of meat that were shown...I was more interested in the vegetarian aspects of it.) Nothing can top this.
The cover is also beautiful :)