The Professional Chef's Knife Kit

A serious home cook that has spent the last 25 years polishing her cooking skills writes this review. I purchased this book as a supplement to "The Professional Chef: 7th edition" and I very glad that I did not listen to the spotlight review that said it was a duplicate. This book is clearly NOT a duplicate of the information in "The Professional Chef". This book gives an extraordinary amount of detail about all things... Read Full Review

`The Professional Chef's Knife Kit' by `The Culinary Institute of America' contains absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about things in the kitchen with sharp edges and things that maintain those sharp edges. The book actually goes far beyond the care and honing of knives, as it is also an advanced course on knife skills. The chapters are: Knife Basics covering history and the range of kitchen tools for cutting... Read Full Review

This book is exactly what I wanted; a self-study guide on how to use a knife correctly. I am an amateur chef and I found the guide to be easy to understand, had good photos, and had a depth of information. An added bonus is the size of the book. It is large enough for all the information you need, without being huge and difficult to flip through.

I am a culinary student and knew very little about handling knives until I purchased this book. It helped me a great deal in class and at home. The pictures in the book shows how to cut all types of foods including the most difficult ones,like onions. I also bought the Study Guide for the National Servsafe Exam: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations. This book helped me through my sanitation course and how... Read Full Review