On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals / Edition 6

by Sarah Labensky, Priscilla Martel, Alan Hause

Overview

For courses in cooking and food prep.

Market-leading cooking text
For over two decades, On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals has prepared students for successful careers in the culinary arts. Clear and comprehensive, this best-selling text teaches the “hows” and “whys” of cooking and baking principles, while providing step-by-step instructions, visual guidance, and recipes to clarify techniques. The 6th edition expands its “fundamentals” approach, reflects key trends, and adds information on healthy cooking, sous-vide, curing, and smoking, plus dozens of new recipes and more than 200 new photographs.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134441900
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	01/18/2018
Series:	MyCulinaryLab Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1216
Sales rank:	151,891
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Sarah R. Labensky is a culinary educator and academic administrator with an extensive background as a restaurateur and caterer, textbook author and dedicated advocate for culinary professionalism. She is currently on faculty at Woosong University's Sol International Culinary Arts School (SICA) in Daejeon, Korea. Previously, Sarah was founding director of the Culinary Arts Institute at Mississippi University for Women (MUW) in Columbus, MS, and was a professor of culinary arts at Scottsdale (Arizona) Community College. Before teaching, Chef Sarah spent many years as a working pastry cook and caterer.

Priscilla A. Martel is a professional chef, educator and food writer with a special interest in Mediterranean cuisines, artisan baking and the pastry arts. She honed her cooking skills at Restaurant du Village, a country French restaurant opened in Chester, CT, in 1979. Today, she operates All About Food, which holds several baking patents and collaborates with food manufacturers and restaurants to create innovative products, menus and marketing programs.

Alan M. Hause is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Upon graduation, Chef Hause worked in both restaurants and hotels before settling in Arizona. For the past 20 years he has owned and operated Fabulous Food Fine Catering and Events. He also launched and operates Gertrude's Restaurant at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. Chef Hause is involved in day-to-day food production, planning and execution of catered events, as well as overseeing restaurant operations.

Table of Contents

1. Professionalism
2. Food Safety and Sanitation
3. Nutrition
4. Menus and Recipes

1. Tools and Equipment
2. Knife Skills
3. Flavors and Flavorings
4. Dairy Products
5. Mise en Place

1. Principles of Cooking
2. Stocks and Sauces
3. Soups
4. Principles of Meat Cookery
5. Beef
6. Veal
7. Lamb
8. Pork
9. Poultry
10. Game
11. Fish and Shellfish
12. Eggs and Breakfast
13. Vegetables
14. Potatoes, Grains and Pasta
15. Healthy Cooking and Special Diets

1. Salads and Salad Dressings
2. Fruits
3. Sandwiches
4. Charcuterie
5. Hors d'Oeuvre and Canapés

1. Principles of the Bakeshop
2. Quick Breads
3. Yeast Breads
4. Pies, Pastries and Cookies
5. Cakes and Frostings
6. Custards, Creams, Frozen Desserts and Sauces

1. Plate Presentation
2. Buffet Presentation

1. Measurement and Conversion Charts
2. Fresh Locally-grown Produce Availability Chart