New Releases by Culinary Institute of America

A complete guide to volume cooking for restaurants, caterers, hotels, and other large foodservice operations Modern Batch Cookery offers up-to-date information with a focus on healthy cooking, nutrition, and smart menu planning. Preparing healthy, high-quality food in volume is a challenge for even the most experienced foodservice professional. Modern Batch Cookery provides the most contemporary and up-to-the-minute resource on the topic. The recipes are designed to yield 50 servings, and cover every meal part and occasion. Modern Batch Cookery contains more than the plain fare typical of institutional foodservice-these modern, delectable recipes include Gorgonzola and Pear Sandwiches, Tequila-Roasted Oysters, Chesapeake-Style Crab Cakes, and many more. Features more than 200 healthy, nutritious, large-batch recipes Includes chapters on Stocks, Sauces, and Soups; Breakfast and Brunch; Salads, Sandwiches, and Appetizers; EntrŽes; Side Dishes; and Baked Goods and Desserts Provides pertinent information, including conversion charts and a glossary, as well as full-color photos of finished dishes that provide fresh ideas in plating and presentation Covers all the essentials of menu and recipe development Modern Batch Cookery is a comprehensive resource for chefs and foodservice operators working in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, banquet facilities, country clubs, and catering companies.

The CIA brings healthy, modern, and flavorful cooking techniques and recipes to home cooks everywhere The Culinary Institute of America''s Healthy Cooking at Home brings vibrant, modern, flavorful cooking techniques to the health-minded home cook. Familiar favorites like Chicken Burritos are remade the healthy way, and exotic dishes like Pumpkin, Zucchini, and Chickpea Tagine show how exciting to the palate healthful food can be. With step-by-step techniques from the experts at the CIA, plus detailed information on nutrition and ingredients and lavish full-color photographs throughout, this is the essential guide to cooking tasty, healthy food at home. More than 235 recipes, ranging from casual lunch fare and easy weeknight dinners to luxurious, succulent modern cuisine Recipes include quick and simple dishes like Black Bean Burgers and exciting and distinctive fare like Grilled Quail Wrapped in Prosciutto with Figs and Wild Mushrooms Features 80 vibrant, dramatic photos that illustrate the richness and variety of recipes and teach simple step-by-step techniques Recipes are based on the new USDA food guide pyramid and the latest dietary guidelines, doctor recommendations, and research in health and fitness Healthy Cooking at Home is ideal for home cooks of all skill levels who want to keep the entire family healthy, happy, and well fed.

Kitchen Pro Series: Guide to Cheeses Identification, Classification, and Utilization is the definitive guide to purchasing and utilizing cheese for professional chefs, foodservice personnel, culinarians, and food enthusiasts. Part of the CIA''s new Kitchen Pro Series focusing on kitchen preparation skills, this user-friendly, full-color resource discusses the basic history of cheese, its manufacture, and its incorporation into different cuisines across the dining spectrum. Product identification, availability, storage, flavor and development are all described in detail in this invaluable introduction to the world of cheese! Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Beginning with a thorough discussion of ingredients and equipment, Chef Kastel explains everything from how to shop for flour to how to use a shower cap during the dough''s rise. From there, he outlines the 12 steps of bread baking, describing each one in detail.

Features over one hundred color photographs, techniques, and recipes of chocolates and confections that can be made at home.

This gorgeous, incredibly rich professional volume is full of expert guidance and master recipes for the launch and management of the Modern Cafe. With more than 150 full color photos and more than 250 recipes, this magnificent title will instruct and inspire, from hiring staff to getting the right equipment, from breakfast croissants to artisanal lunch sandwiches to truffles to go, from decor to sanitation, this book addresses every aspect of managing the casual, upscale modern cafe. The table of contents is as follows: Chapter 1: The Bakery; Chapter 2: The Pastry Shop; Chapter 3: The Savory Kitchen; Chapter 4: Beverages; Chapter 5: The Retail Shelf; Glossary; Bibliography; Resource List; Index.

A valuable resource for creating professional baked goods and desserts The study guide to accompany Baking and Pastry: Mastering the Art and Craft provides additional support for those learning professional techniques for creating baked goods. The second edition book offers over 600 recipes and covers breads, pastry dough, cookies, custards, icing, pies, cakes, chocolates and confections. The guide helps students learn the main text''s step-by-step methods, decorating principles and more. This accompaniment is provided through the Culinary Institute of America, which is an independent college offering degrees and certificate programs in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts.

Kitchen Pro Series: Guide to Fish and Seafood Identification, Fabrication, and Utilization is the definitive guide to purchasing and fabricating fish and shellfish for professional chefs, foodservice personnel, culinarians, and food enthusiasts. Part of the CIA''s new Kitchen Pro Series focusing on kitchen preparation skills, this invaluable resource features helpful storage information, basic preparation methods, and recipes that will allow professional and home chefs to fabricate well-prepared fish and seafood. Throughout this lavishly illustrated text, The Culinary Institute of America''s Chef Mark Ainsworth offers readers a satisfying alternative to meat by educating them about how to purchase and prepare healthy and delicious fish and seafood dishes. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Kitchen Pro Series: Guide to Meat Identification, Fabrication, and Utilization is the definitive guide to purchasing and fabricating meat cuts for professional chefs, foodservice personnel, culinarians, and food enthusiasts. Part of the CIA''s new Kitchen Pro Series focusing on kitchen preparation skills, this user-friendly, full-color resource provides practical information on fabricating beef, pork, veal, lamb, game, and exotic meats. Helpful storage information, basic preparation methods for each cut, and recipes are included to give professional and home chefs everything they need to know to produce well-primed cuts of meat. For anyone who believes that butchery is a lost art, The Culinary Institute of America''s Chef Thomas Schneller counters that notion by providing a close examination and explanation of the craft in this clear and concise book. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

It is essential for any serious pastry chef to have a comprehensive knowledge of frozen dessert production, and this book provides all the basic information a pastry professional needs. Introductory chapters include the history and evolution of frozen desserts; ingredients including dairy products, sugars, stabilizers, emulsifiers, fruits, and flavors; and equipment including churning machines, production equipment, and storage and serving containers. Also included are essentials on storage, sanitation, and production and serving techniques. Recipe chapters cover Dairy-Based Frozen Desserts, which include ice cream, gelato, and sherbet; Non-Dairy Desserts, which include sorbet and granites; and Aerated Still-Frozen Desserts, which include parfaits, semi-freddos, and frozen mousses and souffles. Each recipe chapter covers both classic and modern small-batch production techniques, basic formulas, and both basic and advanced base recipes. The final chapter, Finished Items, makes use of these base recipes and shows readers how to produce, plate, garnish, and serve small desserts, plated desserts, frozen cakes, and even frozen accompaniments to savory courses. Recipes are illustrated throughout by full-color beauty photographs. An instructor''s manual and companion website are also available for classroom use.

The leading guide to the professional kitchen''s cold food station, now fully revised and updated Garde Manger is one of the most important courses culinary students take—and it''s often the first kitchen station that a new chef will encounter. This definitive guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest garde manger trends, techniques, and flavors, including new information on topics such as brining ratios, fermented sausages, micro greens, artisanal American cheeses, tapas menus, "action" buffet stations, and ice carving. With over 540 recipes, including 100 created new for this edition, and more than 340 all-new photographs illustrating step-by-step techniques and finished dishes, this new edition of Garde Manger is an indispensable reference for culinary students and working chefs everywhere.

The leading guide to the professional kitchen''s cold food station, now fully revised and updated Garde Manger is one of the most important courses culinary students take—and it''s often the first kitchen station that a new chef will encounter. This definitive guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest garde manger trends, techniques, and flavors, including new information on topics such as brining ratios, fermented sausages, micro greens, artisanal American cheeses, tapas menus, "action" buffet stations, and ice carving. With over 540 recipes, including 100 created new for this edition, and more than 340 all-new photographs illustrating step-by-step techniques and finished dishes, this new edition of Garde Manger is an indispensable reference for culinary students and working chefs everywhere.

A guide to garde manger, with sections on salads, sandwiches, cured and smoked foods, sausage, terrines, pates, roulades, cheese, and appetizers.

The Culinary Institute of America Cookbook is complete with our favorite recipes for morning meals, baked goods, appetizers, hors d''oeuvres, soups, light meals, main courses, side dishes, and scrumptious desserts.

A new approach to the CIA''s Professional Chef''s Knife Kit, In the Hands of a Chef reveals how professional chefs use their revered kitchen tools in restaurants and at home. This book identifies the types of tools necessary in the kitchen, such as knives, mixing tools, gadgets, and measuring tools. The book teaches a tool''s most popular--yet often highly specialized--uses, the history of a tool, types of materials used in making it, and advances in technology that have improved a tool. The book gives readers a personal look at chefs'' methods for using these tools and a sense of the personal attachment and even respect they have for them. Readers will also learn the parts of kitchen tools, characteristics of a good knife, and what to look for when purchasing knives and other kitchen tools. In the Hands of a Chef features 112 new black and white photographs that convey the proper way to hold the tool or how it appears when in the hands of a chef.

Techniques of Healthy Cooking is the newest, most comprehensive guide to healthy cooking in a professional setting. The book includes straightforward information on nutritional basics like types of nutrients and how they function in the body, reading and using food labels, caloric intake recommendations, and planning recipes and menus around various dietary guidelines. Also included is detailed information on ingredients, serving sizes, food safety from preparation to plating, and nutrition-related conditions like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. In the "Healthy Menu" chapter, chefs will learn to create menu objectives, figure out what to emphazise and what to limit in menu planning, and develop nutritious menus for various operations and special needs. An extensive glossary explains basic terms and concepts, and the book provides 300 delicious recipes - 100 all-new - including nutrition information and optional modifications. Recipes include meats, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains, cereals, pasta, nuts and legumes, soups, sauces, salads, appetizers, breads, sandwiches, pizzas, breakfasts, and desserts. They are accompanied by vibrant full-color photography throughout, including 150 plated food shots and 50 dynamic process shots that demonstrate the tools, equipment, and techniques of healthy cooking. The step-by-step photos and recipes will inspire chefs to get creative with nutritional cooking, while the plated food shots beautifully illustrate that a dish can be exciting, great-tasting, and healthy all at once. Prepared by The Culinary Institute of America, which has been hailed by Time magazine as "the nation’s most influential training school for cooks," The Professional Chef’s® Techniques of Healthy Cooking, Second Edition, offers nutritional cooking techniques and theories that have been tested and proven in the Institute’s kitchens. It begins with the language of nutrition. The lessons of the USDA food guide pyramid, the Mediterranean pyramid, and a vegetarian pyramid from the American Dietetic Association (ADA) are used as a foundation for the Institute’s seven principles of healthy cooking. They call upon the chef to introduce a wider array of foods such as fruits, grains, and vegetables into dishes. Successful strategies for cooking with less fat, moderating salt, and choosing and using healthy sweeteners are included as well. A separate section on creating healthy menus covers menu and recipe development, nutritional analysis, and nutrition labeling in menus and advertising. Special features of this incomparable guide include: Seven principles of healthy cooking Nearly 400 of the Institute’s best recipes –200 of them new to this edition Over 250 photos that illustrate basic and advanced preparation techniques and inspire with elegant presentations for healthful dishes Practical tips for healthy sautéing, stir frying, grilling, baking, smoke-roasting, and more Dependable guidelines for selecting healthy, fresh ingredients A nutritional analysis for each recipe, with separate breakdowns for sauces, side dishes, and other components

"The Culinary Institute of America holds nothing back in its mission to provide students, professionals, and enthusiasts with everything they need to know about the baking and pastry industry. This updated edition is an indispensable guide." --En-Ming Hsu "It is not often that a pastry text elicits the exclamation: ''What a fantastic book '' With hundreds of recipes and plenty of photographs, this book is well suited to a variety of eager readers, from first-time students just beginning their journey, to those embarking on a second profession, to the home baker." --Gunther Heiland "WOW This is the most comprehensive professional baking and pastry book that I have come across in my thirty-five years of working in the industry. It offers a complete array of basic and advanced recipes, with complete information on ingredients and tools as well as the most recent methods and techniques." --Biagio Settepani "The Culinary Institute of America has outdone itself with this book. This is the first true, completely illustrated text appropriate for all levels of ability to be published in many years. Its 625 easy-to-follow recipes cover everything from simple breads to wedding cakes and range in difficulty from basic to advanced. Congratulations." --Norman Love "From perfect croissants to elegant wedding cakes, this book will become the essential tool of apprentices and chefs alike. The talent of The Culinary Institute of America staff shines through this masterpiece. They have pulled together reference techniques, recipes, and sources that will assist pastry chefs in their daily quest for perfection." --Gilles Renusson

Contains 150 recipes for stylish hors d''oeuvres, grouped in seven categories, including hors de''oeuvre in bite-size containers; fillings, dips, and toppings; filled or stuffed, layered, and rolled; skewered and dipped; bowls and platters; cheese service; and bite-size desserts; with serving suggestions.

Chocolate and candy making today is undergoing a renaissance in public awareness and status. This comprehensive book combines artisan confectionery techniques with accessible explanations of the theory and science as well as formulas for use in production. Fundamental information for the confectioner includes ingredient function and use, chocolate processing, and artisan production techniques. The book contains 140 formulas and variations for beautiful confections, including dairy-based centers, crystalline and noncrystalline sugar confectionery, jellies, and nut center and aerated confections.

The Culinary Institute of America''s tremendously popular Boot Camp courses help food and baking enthusiasts take their skills to a whole new level, offering hands-on, intensive instruction with some of the world''s most talented chef-instructors. In Baking Boot Camp, Julia Child Award–winning cookbook author Darra Goldstein takes you along as she embarks on two demanding Boot Camp courses, Baking and Pastry, where the fatigues are chef''s whites and the weapons of choice are whisks, piping bags, and a bench scraper. Goldstein chronicles progress through each day of each course, bringing to life the intensity, the rigor, and the camaraderie that set Boot Camps apart from other cooking classes. Along the way, she reveals the tips and tricks of baking and pastry pros, sharing their fascinating insights with us on everything from the importance of weighing all ingredients to the secrets of perfect puff pastry. Throughout the book, more than 100 photographs by award-winning photographer Ben Fink vividly capture the excitement of the program. Learn alongside Goldstein and her fellow students as they watch demonstrations, practice new skills, and receive critiques from their exacting instructors. You''ll discover the hands-on skills and secrets you need to perfect your cookies, pies, cakes, and breads, as you build the know-how and confidence to tackle more demanding creations such as profiteroles, éclairs, mousses, and soufflés. To help you put these lessons to work in your own kitchen, the book includes nearly eighty delicious Boot Camp recipes—everything you need to start using professionaltechniques and embark on a lifetime of baking success.

A volume of vegetable recipes features a wide variety of options designed to help home cooks incorporate healthier choices into their diets, featuring such dishes as cold carrot bisque, stuffed grape leaves, and zucchini pancakes.