Most Popular Books by Culinary Institute of America

The Professional Chef is among the best-selling titles in Wiley''s cooking program and represents the cornerstone book in our publishing partnership with the CIA. This is a multi-million-dollar project with high visibility, high impact, and broad opportunities. The Study Guide is the only relevant study tool for the material in the latest edition of The Professional Chef. Each chapter in the Study Guide focuses on one chapter in The Professional Chef and highlights the most important information through different study methods. Students can study by reviewing the objectives, suggested study/lecture guide, and/or homework/study questions for each chapter. Homework/study questions include defining key terms, multiple choice/fill in the blank/matching/true or false quizzes, and short answer/essay questions. An answer key is included in the Instructor''s Manual. All the material included in the Study Guide will also be available on Wiley''s Higher Education website for students and teachers.

Discover the secrets of The Culinary Institute of America?s popular week-long "Boot Camp" course -- five days of dynamic, hands-on instruction in cooking basics that help teach the non-professional cook to think like a chef -- with Julia Child Award-winning cookbook author Martha Rose Shulman. Combining Shulman?s entertaining and compelling narrative with a wealth of invaluable culinary information, you''ll take a "step up" in the kitchen with this vicarious adventure through basic training at one of the country?s finest professional cooking schools. DAY 1: "Our ''drill sergeant'' comes into the room and writes his name on the board. He wears the CIA staff jacket, a green name badge, and the chef''s kerchief around his neck, which he later shows us how to tie. ''YOU ARE MINE!'' he says with a sly smile on his face, and we know that he''s going to give us the guidance we need. He''ll be strict, but kind." DAY 2: "Until I went to Boot Camp, I was never very comfortable around (or succeessful with) lots of hot oil in a pan. That was all about to change." DAY 3: "One of the most important terms for dry heat cooking is ''carryover cooking.'' Carryover cooking refers to the fact that heat penetrates meat from the outside to the inside, and when you remove it from the oven, the meat will continue to cook. That''s why it must rest, during which time the carryover cooking continues, the temperature equalizes, and the juices relax and flow through the meat." DAY 4: "Our dessert was a Warm Dark Chocolate Pudding Cake, and it was served with a glass of Quady Elysium from Madera County, California. They named their black muscat dessert wine Elysium because, in their words, ''Drinking this, you can almost feel you have fallen into a rose garden and been transported to heaven.'' And I must say I did. I transported myself to bed instead, thinking what an appropriate meal this had been after our first wine lecture, and about the wines I would serve with my own next dinner party." DAY 5: "We sampled each team''s handiwork, and as we were polishing off this large meal, our chef stood up to congratulate us and hand out our ''certificates of accomplishment.''"

O garde manger tem conquistado cada vez mais importância na gastronomia. Isso se deve ao fato de que a cozinha fria se preocupa com os mínimos detalhes, desde a apresentação e a harmonização das cores do prato até a união de sabor e textura dos ingredientes. Tantos detalhes requer o domínio de como manusear corretamente os alimentos. Garde manger: a arte e o ofício da cozinha fria baseia-se na prática contemporânea da gastronomia, traduzindo habilidades e técnicas em palavras, imagens e receitas. Com linguagem acessível, apresenta informações detalhadas sobre o preparo de molhos frios e sopas, saladas, sanduíches, produtos embutidos, galantines, conservas, queijos, hors-d''oeuvre e aperitivos, além de trazer dicas de como organizar e dispor os pratos em um buffet.

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 culinary set for professional chefs from The Culinary Institute of America This comprehensive set is a valuable addition to any chef''s library. It features The Professional Chef, 9th Edition; Creating Your Culinary Career; Garde Manager; and In the Hands of the Chef. The books address the professional challenges in launching a career in the culinary field, along with advice for success. This set also celebrates foods and flavors from around the globe, while sharing reviews of ingredients and equipment. Techniques for preparing a range of food items are presented in The Professional Chef, such as those for vegetables, potatoes, grains, legumes, pasta, meats, fish and seafood, poultry, eggs, fruits, soups, sauces, quickbreads and cakes, yeast breads, and more.

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.

We live in a hectic world where there isn''t a lot of time to spend on meal preparation, but we still want to enjoy the food we eat. Gourmet Meals in Minutes will show you how to create a wide variety if mouth-watering, nutritious meals without spending all day in the kitchen.

High quality, well-made, well-maintained knives - and the skills to use them properly - are among a chef''s most important assets. This book explains how to use and care for these essential tools. Easy-to-follow instructions cover all of the basic knife cuts and techniques - including peeling, paring, trimming, carving, chopping, dicing and filleting - and offer an excellent foundation for building speed and ensuring kitchen safety. The book also features invaluable information on small tools, such as rotary peelers and zesters, along with meat grinders, food processors and other larger equipment.

The perfect cookbook for anyone who loves Mediterranean cuisine With so many people interested in healthier cooking, the popularity of Mediterranean cuisine—with its focus on light, fresh fare and less meat—is on the rise. This diverse collection of recipes spans the Mediterranean from Southern Europe to North Africa to the Middle East and all points between, offering a comprehensive guide to the entire region''s food. These recipes are simple and accessible enough for home cooks, while still representative of the flavors and cooking techniques that define the Mediterranean approach to cooking. In addition to delicious recipes, the book also includes thorough instruction on stocking a pantry and mastering typically Mediterranean techniques and equipment. Features approximately 200 recipes, all tested by the experts at The Culinary Institute of America Illustrated with 150 beautiful full-color photographs Offers a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Mediterranean cooking For anyone who wants to eat healthier or explore the classic flavors of Mediterranean cooking, Mediterranean Cooking is a reliable and delicious guide to the region.

This companion to the second season of PBS-TV''s enormously popular Cooking Secrets of the CIA features 60 recipes for such scrumptuous dishes as Asparagus Ravioli, Lamb Chops with Parmesan, Pueblo Grilled Chicken, and more. Illustrated with 18 full-color photos, all recipes include easy instructions. "The country''s . . . most influential cooking school".--The New York Times.

For the first time, the world-renowned Culinary Institute of America has selected more than 100 recipes for its most delicious soups, creating a cookbook to rival all cookbooks.

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.

Authentic, amazing Italian cooking made easy This sumptuously photographed guide to cooking all things Italian in the home kitchen will win over both beginning and experienced cooks with authentic and inventive recipes and step-by-step guidance from the experts at the CIA. Covering a variety of dishes from snacks, pickles, and preserves to pasta, meat, fish, and dessert, Italian Cooking is the perfect primer for fresh and flavorful Italian cuisine. With rustic focaccias, long-simmered soups, and entrées with aromatic herbs, these vivid recipes are irresistible. Wine suggestions and mouthwatering photographs accompany the recipes. Includes more than 150 fantastic, approachable Italian recipes Covers chapters on Gli Spuntini (Snacks and Little Bites), I Crudi (Raw Dishes), Le Minestre (Soupe), La Pasta Secca (Dry Pasta), La Sfoglia (Fresh Pasta), I Pesci (Fish), Le Carni (Meat), and more Features tantalizing photos by Francesco Tonelli that illustrate cooking techniques and provide plenty of inspiration for the home cook Italian Cooking offers a grand tour through Italian cuisine, covering regional cuisines, wines, and histories along the way.

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.

Next to their knives, the tool America''s top chefs have used to learn their cooking skills. The Professional Chef, the official text of The Culinary Institute of America''s culinary degree program, has taught tens of thousands of chefs the techniques and fundamentals that have launched their careers. only teaches the reader how, but is designed to reflect why the CIA methods are the gold standard for chefs. With lavish, four-color photography and clear, instructive text, The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition guides culinary students--professional aspirants and serious home cooks, alike--to mastery of the kitchen. Over 660 classic and contemporary recipes, with almost 200 variations, were chosen especially for their use of fundamental techniques. These techniques and recipes form a foundation from which a professional chef or home cook can build a personal repertoire. Sauces, and Soups; Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Shellfish; Vegetables, Potatoes, Grains, and Legumes, Pasta and Dumplings; Breakfast and Garde Manger; Baking and Pastry. In addition to a comprehensive treatment of techniques and recipes, The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition teaches readers other critical elements of the professional chef''s domain--much of it universally applicable to any kitchen. From An Introduction to the Professional, to the identification of tools and ingredients, to nutrition, food science and food and kitchen safety, the book is a wealth of beautifully presented information useful for any cook. influential training school for professional cooks by Time magazine. The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition, the cornerstone of its program in book form, belongs on the shelf of every serious cook. founded in 1946. Known as the Harvard of cooking schools, and credited with having changed the way Americans eat by the James Beard Foundation, CIA has trained tens of thousands of foodservice professionals.

The Professional Chef, the official text of The Culinary Institute of America''s culinary degree program, has taught tens of thousands of chefs the techniques and fundamentals that have launched their careers.Now in a revolutionary revision, The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition not only teaches the reader how, but is designed to reflect why the CIA methods are the gold standard for chefs. With lavish, four-color photography and clear, instructive text, The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition guides culinary students--professional aspirants and serious home cooks, alike--to mastery of the kitchen. Over 660 classic and contemporary recipes, with almost 200 variations, were chosen especially for their use of fundamental techniques. These techniques and recipes form a foundation from which a professional chef or home cook can build a personal repertoire.From mise en place (preparation) to finished dishes, the book covers Stocks, Sauces, and Soups; Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Shellfish; Vegetables, Potatoes, Grains, and Legumes, Pasta and Dumplings; Breakfast and Garde Manger; Baking and Pastry. In addition to a comprehensive treatment of techniques and recipes, The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition teaches readers other critical elements of the professional chef''s domain--much of it universally applicable to any kitchen. From "An Introduction to the Professional," to the identification of tools and ingredients, to nutrition, food science and food and kitchen safety, the book is a wealth of beautifully presented information useful for any cook.The Culinary Institute of America has been hailed as "The nation''s most influential training school for professional cooks" by Time magazine. The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition, the cornerstone of its program in book form, belongs on the shelf of every serious cook.

"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

Cooking Essentials for The New Professional Chef offers students an opportunity to learn the basics of cooking while using the actual reference that professional chefs have relied on for over a generation-The New Professional Chef Ö . In addition to providing an excellent foundation in such cooking essentials as raw ingredients, tools, classic techniques, and foundation recipes, the academic version of this professional reference clarifies every concept with supportive text, step-by-step photos in full color, illustrations, and tables. Special features designed to assist both students and instructors include the following: Chapter Objectives emphasize key concepts and guide reading Highlighted Key Terms and Concepts offer a quick recap of the language a chef should be able to use fluently Footnotes define terms that might be unfamiliar the first time they appear in text Self-Study Questions and Activities reinforce concepts and help students apply them in a problem-solving format Tables and Charts put important technical information at the students'' fingertips Sidebars highlight professional development issues, techniques, kitchen management strategies, and historical context Chapter Summaries recap the lessons that should be mastered To help students build technique, the over 300 foundation recipes-conveniently grouped at the back of the book-are organized from simple to complex, with similar types grouped together. Students can quickly locate extra help with recipes by referring to the technique cross-reference feature that accompanies each recipe. In addition, color photos, tips, and historical notes provide additional support.