Professional Cooking

Recipe Contents. Preface. Chapter 1: The Food Service Industry. Chapter 2: Sanitation and Safety. Chapter 3: Tools and Equipment. Chapter 4: Basic Principles of Cooking and Food Science. Chapter 5: Menus, Recipes, and Cost Management. Chapter 6: Nutrition. Chapter 7: Mise en Place. Chapter 8: Stocks and Sauces. Chapter 9: Soups. Chapter 10: Understanding Meats and Game. Chapter 11: Cooking Meats and Game. Chapter 12: Understanding Poultry and Game Birds. Chapter 13: Cooking Poultry and Game Birds. Chapter 14: Understanding Fish and Shellfish. Chapter 15: Cooking Fish and Shellfish. Chapter 16: Understanding Vegetables. Chapter 17: Cooking Vegetables. Chapter 18: Potatoes. Chapter 19: Legumes, Grains, Pasta, and Other Starches. Chapter 20: Cooking for Vegetarian Diets. Chapter 21: Salad Dressings and Salads. Chapter 22: Sandwiches. Chapter 23: Hors d'Oeuvres. Chapter 24: Breakfast Preparation. Chapter 25: Dairy and Beverages. Chapter 26: Sausages and Cured Foods. Chapter 27: Pates, Terrines, and Other Cold Foods. Chapter 28: Food Presentation and Garnish. Chapter 29: Bakeshop Production: Basic Principles and Ingredients. Chapter 30: Yeast Products. Chapter 31: Quick Breads. Chapter 32: Cakes and Icings. Chapter 33: Cookies. Chapter 34: Pies and Pastries. Chapter 35: Creams, Custards, Puddings, Frozen Desserts, and Sauces. Appendix 1: Metric Conversion Factors. Appendix 2: Standard Can Sizes. Appendix 3: Approximate Weight-Volume Equivalents of Dry Foods. Appendix 4: Kitchen Math Exercises: Metric Versions. Appendix 5: Eggs and Safety. Bibliography. Glossary and Cooking Vocabular.