Best Selling Books by Culinary Institute of America

With this inaugural Dining Series title, the CIA takes a more personal approach to its traditional cookbooks. Many classic French recipes are now offered to modern readers. In addition, the chefs share their expertise with wine, beer, and food pairings.

Did you know? That after the Pilgrims'' first feast of Thanksgiving they did not celebrate a similar occasion again? That Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863, thanks to President Abraham Lincoln? This book presents a cornucopia of Thanksgiving lore and recipes.

Second title in the Culinary Institute of Ameria Dining Series, A Tavola! explores traditional Italian home cooking. Did you know that dishes we consider Italian like Chicken Parmigiana were actually developed here in the USA? The authors share stories of growing up in Italy and the foods and wines they enjoyed ''a tavola'' (at the table). Compete with 89 treasured recipes and 50 full color photos, A Tavola is sure to make everyone want to spend more time at the table.

From the Culinary Institute of America comes the definitive soup cookbook, now available in paperback. Whether a beginner or an accomplished cook, Book of Soups can help you create any type of soup.

The KITCHENPRO SERIES: GUIDE TO PURCHASING, 1st edition is the sixth text in the series. By combining real-life situations in food industry purchasing and adding in candid explanations of situations that have been encountered through many years in the food industry, Chef Thomas Schneller along with Brad Matthews have written a text specific to procurement in the food industry. Their vast knowledge of this field gained from years of experience make this text detailed not only in buying ingredients but also on the procurement of equipment as well as finding, identifying and assessing the proper vendor. The text will answer questions about establishing and maintaining vendor relationships, ethical considerations, and enables the buyer to make decisions accurately Since the food industry is full of trends that change frequently, GUIDE TO PURCHASING will help the buyer to understand the importance of trends and how to make the right decision in ordering ingredients by writing product specifications for food service vendors. GUIDE TO PURCHASING is more than a reference tool and a guide for those in the field it but is written in an engaging style so that the reader will learn a variety of purchasing options and product specifications. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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If you have a creative spirit and want to try your hand at cake and cupcake decorating, Cake Art is for you. Chefs from the CIA''s prestigious Baking and Pastry faculty describe the various techniques and provide easy-to-follow instructions so the home baker can create beautiful cakes and cupcakes. Cake decorating is an activity that can be enjoyed by everyone and children can help with 8 of the 27 projects included in Cake Art.