The Professional Chef, Seventh Edition

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Summary: A Cook's Best Friend rev. by [e-mail]
Review: I received "The Professional Chef" as a gift from a valued friend; it certainly is a challenging source of inspiration and information (glossaries, diagrams) for aspiring as well as veteran cooks. The recipes are set up in three-column tables, with Ingredients, Quantity, and Methods (numbered) in separate columns. From the basics to ideas and photos of advanced plating and buffet set-ups, this book is worth its weight in gold to anyone who cooks for fun or profit.

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Summary: I love this book
Review: It was a gift from a great friend. It is a very good "textbook". Any questions that you may possibly have can be answered in this book. Highly Reccommended!!!

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Summary: A Great Reference, An Okay Cookbook
Review: As a home cook, I find this book somewhat useful as a reference tool. The recipes themselves are fairly standard, nothing abou them is new or exciting. However, the step by step instruction for techniques is very useful, and there is a lot of information on ingredients. If I were a chef, this book would be much more useful.