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Book Cuisine and Culture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda Civitello
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2007-03-09
  • ISBN : 0471741728
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book Cuisine and Culture written by Linda Civitello and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating account of how history shapes our diets-now revised and updated Why did the ancient Romans believe cinnamon grew in swamps guarded by giant killer bats? How did the African cultures imported by slavery influence cooking in the American South? What does the 700-seat McDonald's in Beijing serve in the age of globalization? With the answers to these and many more such questions, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition presents an engaging, informative, and witty narrative of the interactions among history, culture, and food. From prehistory and the earliest societies around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to today's celebrity chefs, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach that draws connections between major historical events and how and why these events affected and defined the culinary traditions of different societies. Fully revised and updated, this Second Edition offers new and expanded features and coverage, including: New Crossing Cultures sections providing brief sketches of foods and food customs moving between cultures More holiday histories, food fables, and food chronologies Discussions of food in the Byzantine, Portuguese, Turkish/Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Greater coverage of the scientific genetic modification of food, from Mendel in the 19th century to the contemporary GM vs. organic food debate Speculation on the future of food And much more! Complete with sample recipes and menus, as well as revealing photographs and illustrations, Cuisine and Culture, Second Edition is the essential survey history for students of food history.

Book Uniforms

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Fussell
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780618381883
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Uniforms written by Paul Fussell and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of anecdotes that tell the history and meaning of American uniforms, identifying their cultural significance in terms of how uniforms unite and divide people as well as how they vary throughout the world.

Book The Professional Chef

    Book Details:
  • Author : The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2024-04-30
  • ISBN : 1119490952
  • Pages : 971 pages

Download or read book The Professional Chef written by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Professional Chef is the quintessential kitchen companion from The Culinary Institute of America, used by hundreds of America's top chefs. This updated 10th Edition presents the skills and quality standards needed to master the fundamentals of cooking. A refreshed, modern design features simplified definitions and techniques streamlined into step-by-step instructions to support aspiring chefs and culinary students of any level. Revisions in the 10th edition include using modern plant-forward ingredients, in line with the CIA and Harvard's Menus of Change initiative, highlighting that vegetables can also be the star at the center of the plate. The authors merged meat and vegetable cookery chapters, and updated some recipes to feature plant-based ingredients, all revised in the CIA's own test kitchen. Chapters are reorganized to follow the CIA Culinary Fundamentals course more closely, with new troubleshooting sections based on frequent classroom questions, to help students and chefs solve problems before they occur, with updated text and photo examples. Updates for instructors and students include: "Method at a Glance" and "Method in Details" features provide overviews and in-depth step-by-step guidance "Beyond the Basics" sections offer ideas for expanding and improving upon techniques and recipes, with "Tips of the Trade" advice from real world kitchens "Preserving the Flavor" provides finishing instructions for each recipe and suggestions for reusing recipe byproduct Techniques now include two sections of recipes: base examples, and "More to Try" variations for further exploration, plus "Quality Criteria" that describe the expected results from each technique Includes even more recipes, illustrated with over 100 new full-color photos of ingredients, techniques, and plated dishes. Over 300 photos in total With focus on the simplicity and freshness of food and perfect kitchen technique, The Professional Chef, Tenth Edition is an essential introduction for students, and reference for every professional and home cook.

Book Shed Couture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peta Mathias
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2021-09-28
  • ISBN : 0143773062
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Shed Couture written by Peta Mathias and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The point of this book is to explore my ideas for sartorial satisfaction, to tell the stories associated with my love of clothes and fashion, and to share the message of accidental sustainability.’ When Peta Mathias dug through the clothes she had stored away for twenty years in her shed, she realised it was full of valuable, beautiful items that were crying out to be worn again: ‘Fashion is mysterious, irresistible and alluring . . . they are not just frocks — they are beauty, art, history, emotion, memory, identity and, above all, joy.’ From this arose a new appreciation of buying well but cannily, so your clothes will not bankrupt you nor go out of fashion. Reviving her neglected wardrobe, Peta revelled in mixing fabrics, colours and patterns, considering how to make an impact and how that dull pair of shoes can be transformed into something just a little bit fabulous.

Book Chef Tell

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ronald Joseph Kule
  • Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 1628734485
  • Pages : 445 pages

Download or read book Chef Tell written by Ronald Joseph Kule and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the heyday of the Food Network, there was Chef Tell—nickname of Friedemann Paul Erhardt, America’s first TV showman chef. Big on personality and flavor, Chef Tell was once called by Philadelphia magazine the “affably roguish Bad Boy of the Philadelphia restaurant world.” Chef Tell explores how a young German American chef became America’s biggest TV celebrity chef of his time. Most of Chef Tell’s forty million baby boomer viewers—a number comparable to Julia Child’s—never knew his fascinating, hardscrabble life story. Until now. This winning biography brings us “behind the line” into his kitchen and into his, at times, turbulent personal life. Tell was known as a charmer, as he worked the audience for live television shows, but also a quick-witted perfectionist, who demanded only the freshest ingredients for his life of food, fame, fortune, and women. Chef Tell’s life—his colleagues would agree—was a managed, complicated, and mercurial affair, which changed two industries and millions of home cooks. An absorbing account of an extraordinary man, Chef Tell takes us through his personal and professional highs and lows; and his glorious successes that explain why so many loved, or hated, him then and miss him now. The day Chef Tell died messages of surprise and shock flooded the media, including “Chef Tell has died? Stick a fork in him, he’s done.” Chef Tell would have loved that. Readers will know why and agree.

Book A Career as a Chef

Download or read book A Career as a Chef written by Susan Meyer and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-12-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opportunities for plying one's trade as a chef are many and various—small neighborhood restaurants or large chains, country clubs and cruise ships, corporate or school cafeterias, and catering and private homes. For those who love cooking and the creative and healthful preparation of food, this is a rich and rewarding career, one that is always in demand. This book charts the various paths one can take to pursue a career in the culinary arts, while also highlighting the latest industry trends, including farm-to-table, locavore, and organic philosophies, practices, and techniques.

Book The Sweet Side of Sourdough

Download or read book The Sweet Side of Sourdough written by Caroline Schiff and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform Your Idea of What Sourdough Baking Can Be You’ve mastered a basic boule and perhaps ventured into a savory sourdough focaccia, but have you tried your hand at a scrumptious Peach and Ricotta Focaccia or decadent Orange-Pistachio Caramel Sticky Buns? Pastry Chef extraordinaire Caroline Schiff is here to show you all the creative (and delicious!) ways you can put your sourdough starter—both active starter and discard—to good use in recipes sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. Add a unique layer of flavor to mouthwatering pies and tarts like Apple- Maple Crumble Pie, Malted Milk and Dark Chocolate Tart and Blueberry– Lemon Thyme Cobbler. Transform your favorite breakfast pastries into the things of your sourdough dreams with recipes like Salted Dark Chocolate Chunk Scones, Caramelized Blueberry-Basil Blintzes and Lemon Sugar Crêpes. And enhance your next celebration with showstopping cakes like Tangerine Dream Cake, Apple–Sour Cream Crumb Cake and Olive Oil, Cherry and Almond Torte. With all of Caroline’s tips and tricks for building and maintaining a sourdough starter as well as a host of crowd-pleasing desserts, sweet breads and naturally leavened pastries, this book is sure to open your eyes to new, exciting sourdough recipes.

Book Aprons  A Tale of Tradition

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ida Tomshinsky
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2014-07-29
  • ISBN : 1499050291
  • Pages : 85 pages

Download or read book Aprons A Tale of Tradition written by Ida Tomshinsky and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical nonfiction genre has been widely divergent in subject matter and approach. There is no reason to believe authorial creativity will dry out anytime soon. The history of food preparation’s attire gives the overall and –long narrative swift movement through time and events in both commercial and domestic kitchens. “I am a Librarian: I bring history in my research, and history of fashion accessories into my books.” (Tomshinsky, 2014) Since ancient times, aprons have been used as the simplest ways of covering the human body while preparing food. Aprons evolved into a practical way of shielding one’s body from more just prying eyes. Aprons were frequently included in the chefs’ uniforms, household servants’ wardrobe, from cooks to maids. From a simple garment to an essential protective layer, from the staid to the designer fashions, aprons have come a long way. They are currently at the center of the Renaissance of chic and practicality of the kitchen attire for chefs and modern women who like to cook and entertain.

Book Chef Pierre Roundbottom

Download or read book Chef Pierre Roundbottom written by Carol Dornon and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The stories within gently unfold how the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-25) can be applied in a child's everyday life ... Reality, fantasy, and core biblical truths are weaved into the stories about a small-town French baker named Chef Pierre Roundbottom, his assistant Gramcracker and the residents of Whistling Wind ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Book White Jacket Required

Download or read book White Jacket Required written by Jenna Weber and published by Union Square + ORM. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular food blogger recounts her experiences attending culinary school and chasing her dreams in this charming memoir. What do you do when you’ve just graduated from college and aren’t sure what your next step should be? The writer behind the blog Eat, Live, Run, Jenna Weber turned to culinary school—but to become a food writer, not a chef. Jenna’s heartwarming memoir follows her ups-and-downs as she confronts the rigors of training, gets her first job, deals with a family crisis, and finds herself in a love affair. Praise for White Jacket Required “A flavor-filled account of one young woman’s stubborn quest to make her life match her dreams. I dare you to read this book without salivating.” —Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There “Delicious and inspiring, Jenna Weber’s White Jacket Required is for anyone who loves food, finds comfort in the kitchen, or dares to follow her dreams.” —Sarah Jio, author of Blackberry Winter

Book A Chef s Journal

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chef Kenny Gilbert
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2011-04-05
  • ISBN : 1456868713
  • Pages : 265 pages

Download or read book A Chef s Journal written by Chef Kenny Gilbert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Insight

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nigel Lobo
  • Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
  • Release : 2022-07-29
  • ISBN : 9948043650
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book Insight written by Nigel Lobo and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From working with and learning from renowned master chefs at Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain, Australia and Germany to being chef de cuisine at a five-star hotel at just 24, you can say that I have always pushed myself to go a little harder, a little further to become a better chef. And when I decided I wanted to be a chef, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. But what I hadn’t foreseen was the sheer amount of information, a lot of it contradictory, that exists out there for any young, aspiring chefs out there who want to make it in the culinary world. I want to change that. After more than a decade in the culinary industry, working my way up, learning and making a name for myself, I realized it was time to put together a comprehensive guide for young cooks and the next generation of chefs/restaurateurs who want to enter this profession. And this book is it. From your first steps as a young, aspiring chef to running your very own restaurant, I hope my experiences, and what I’ve learned, will help guide you along the way as you find your own path to culinary success.

Book A Chef s Kiss

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nina Crespo
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2021-12-28
  • ISBN : 0369710541
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book A Chef s Kiss written by Nina Crespo and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A welcome second chance… Or a recipe for disaster? After their ill-fated fling quashed her dreams, small-town chef Philippa Gayle’s onetime rival-turned-lover Dominic Crawford upended her life. But when Philippa’s forced together with the celebrity cook on a project that could change her life, there's no denying that the flames that were lit years ago were only banked, not extinguished. Can Philippa trust Dominic enough to let him in…or are they just cooking up another heartbreak? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Small Town Secrets Book 1: A Chef's Kiss

Book Excel Senior High School Hospitality

Download or read book Excel Senior High School Hospitality written by Cathy Smith and published by Pascal Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Chef  the Bird and the Blessing

Download or read book The Chef the Bird and the Blessing written by Andrew Sharp and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling to the last page, The Chef, the Bird and the Blessing is a story about the power of suppressed memory, of friendship, and of our relationship with the natural world. Set within vivid images of a backwater in an unnamed African country, the novel is both poignant and funny. Mozzy is a cook in a struggling safari business and dreams of escaping the perilous wilderness and his despised employer to become head chef in an upmarket restaurant in London. Spurred on by his wife, a member of a visionary religious sect, his fantasy becomes reality. But will his sanity and marriage survive in this new world? Can a small bird help him find his way? Mozzy’s path takes him from Africa to London and back, but it is the painful journey of the heart that ultimately fulfils Mozzy’s destiny

Book The Evolution of the Chef Uniform

Download or read book The Evolution of the Chef Uniform written by Øyvind J. Andersen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Success as a Chef

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Success as a Chef written by Leslie Bilderback CMB and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to thrive in one of today’s top ten “dream professions.” Despite the long hours, arduous training, and grueling physical work, the allure of being a professional chef has made it one of the fastest growing career markets in America today. In this must-have guide, a master chef and baker gives practical, up-to-date advice on everything aspiring chefs (and expert chefs looking for the next career move) need to know, including how to apprentice at a five-star restaurant, connect with renowned chefs and bakers, open their own restaurant, and much, much more. • Expert author with decades of restaurant experience. • One of today’s top ten “dream professions” in America. • Culinary institutes have seen an explosion in their enrollment of between 50% to 100% annually. • Covers gourmet restaurants, upscale hotels, catering, specialty food shops, gourmet takeout, bakeries, and much more.