The Ninth Edition ofProfessional Cooking reflects the changing
nature of our understanding of cooking and related fields such as food
safety, nutrition, and dietary practices, as well as new thinking about
how best to teach this material. What has not changed is the core
material that focuses on the essentials--the comprehensive understanding
of ingredients and basic cooking techniques that are the foundation of
success in the kitchen, and the development of manual skills to apply
this knowledge.