Managers of restaurants and other foodservice operations need to know how to cook - but do not have to be chefs in order to manage them effectively. Written by Wayne Gisslen, author of the bestselling Professional Cooking, this book gives managers in the foodservice field the information they need about cooking in order to do their jobs well.

Essentials of Professional Cooking is a unique, fully illustrated, color book targeted to managers rather than chefs. It contains everything foodservice professionals need to know about the kitchen to run their businesses effectively.

• Author is well-known for clear, concise, and accurate descriptons of techniques and basic recipes
• Features sections incorporating 2001 FDA Food Code updates
• Procedures are clearly illustrated and reinforced through the recipes

Tens of thousands of aspiring and professional chefs have looked to Wayne Gisslen’s Professional Cooking to acquire the essential knowledge they need to succeed in the business. Specially designed to meet the on-the-job demands of foodservice managers.

Essentials of Professional Cooking distills core information from this outstanding resource to offer a new streamlined approach to cooking basics–from tools and equipment, sanitation and safety, and cooking principles to recipes, menus, and more. Illustrating general cooking theory with specific applications in the kitchen, this new book details how basic techniques, such as roasting, sautéing, braising, or grilling, are applied to a variety of ingredients.

Essentials uses recipes to reinforce technique and features every sort of dish, occasion, and meal category a foodservice manager needs to know, covering breakfast preparation, hors d’oeuvres, soups, sandwiches, sauces, salads, meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish.

Designed for everyday reference, the book includes hundreds of full-color photos that illustrate basic manual techniques and highlighted boxes that provide at-a-glance information.

The accompanying CD-ROM, with its popular ChefTecTutor software, allows users to edit, modify, and print recipes (including hundreds of additional recipes from the original Professional Cooking); adjust portion size; conduct recipe searches by ingredient, meal, and cuisine type; and calculate nutritional analysis and recipe cost.

Presenting foodservice managers with all the know-how of the original volume in a highly practical format, Essentials of Professional Cooking is the ideal resource for keeping the kitchen, service, costs, and the daily life of a restaurant in good working order.

Contents:

1. The Food Service Industry
2. Sanitation and Safety
3. Tools and Equipment
4. Basic Cooking Principles
5. The Recipe: Its Structure and Its Use
6. The Menu
7. Mise en Place
8. Stocks and Sauces
9. Soups
10. Understanding Meats and Game
11. Cooking Meats and Game
12. Understanding Poultry and Game
13. Cooking Poultry and Game
14. Understanding Fish and Shellfish
15. Cooking Fish and Shellfish
16. Understanding Vegetables
17. Cooking Vegetables
18. Potatoes and Other Starches
19. Salads and Salad Dressings
20. Sandwiches and Hors d’Oeuvres
21. Breakfast Preparation, Dairy Products, and Coffee and Tea
22. Sausages and Cured Foods
23. Pâtés, Terrines, and Other Cold Foods
24. Food Presentation and Garnish
25. Recipes from International Cuisines
26. Bakeshop Production: Basic Principles and Ingredients. Yeast Products
27. Quick Breads
28. Cakes and Icings
29. Cookies
30. Pies and Pastries
31. Creams, Custards, Puddings, Frozen Desserts, and Sauces

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