Professional Cooking, 10th Edition
Author: Wayne Gisslen
Grades 9–12
Course: Culinary Arts
Professional Cooking, 10th Edition is the definitive culinary textbook that has trained hundreds of thousands of chefs. It centers on the fundamentals — a comprehensive understanding of ingredients and basic cooking techniques, and the manual skills to apply them — organized by cooking method so students master core techniques before advancing to more sophisticated dishes.
This edition freshens every recipe and expands coverage of special diets — vegetarian, vegan, keto, and high-protein — with new appendices on kosher and halal preparation. More than 1,400 recipes, hundreds of step-by-step technique photographs, and technique videos support the culinary student’s development.
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Master Culinary Skills

Built on the Fundamentals
Comprehensive coverage of ingredients and basic cooking techniques, organized by cooking method, builds the manual skills at the center of a chef’s training.
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1,400+ Recipes More than 1,400 recipes (plus bonus recipes online), with core recipes that apply each technique directly — roughly 130 international, 475 vegetarian, plus vegan and low-fat designations.
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Technique Photography Hundreds of full-color photographs demonstrate manual techniques from the point of view of the person performing them.
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Technique & Math Tutor Videos Nearly 200 technique videos and whiteboard math-tutor videos demonstrate essential kitchen skills and culinary math, in both U.S. and metric units.
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Nutritional Analyses & Glossary Nutritional analysis for every main recipe, plus pronunciation guides, an extensive glossary, and chapter self-quizzes to reinforce learning.
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