| In the Hands of a Chef: The Professional Chef's Guide to Essential Kitchen Tools Contributor(s): The Culinary Institute of America (Cia) (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470080264 ISBN-13: 9780470080269 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: From the world's premier culinary college, an indispensable guide to the use of knives and other culinary tools What are the essential knives that cooks must own, and what are the proper techniques for using them? And how do cooks make the most of other tools, such as peelers, pitters, and Parisienne scoops? This essential reference from The Culinary Institute of America provides the answers. Illustrated throughout with more than 100 photographs, In the Hands of a Chef offers a complete course in knife skills as well as guidance on using a wide array of other kitchen tools and gadgets. Featuring advice from real-world chefs on choosing, using, and caring for knives, the book provides detailed cutting techniques for all kinds of foods. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Cooking | Reference - Cooking | Methods - Professional |
| Dewey: 643.3 |
| LCCN: 2006021034 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 7.94" W x 8.2" (0.88 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |