Practical Professional Cookery, 3rd Edition

Introduction. The Methods and General Principles of Cookery. Initial Procedures and Preparations. Stocks, Glazes, Thickening and Binding Agents. Sauces. Hors D’oeuvre. Soups. Eggs. Farinaceous and Rice Dishes. Fish. Shellfish. Meats. Poultry. Game. Cold Dishes and Buffet Work. Salads and Salad Dressings. Vegetables. Potatoes. Canapes, Sandwiches and Savouries. Pastry and Sweet Dishes. Glossary. Appendix 1: Australian And New Zealand Fish Appendix 2: Salad Leaves. Select Bibliography. Index.

H. L. CRACKNELL and R. J. KAUFMANN spent their early years working in the kitchens of several large hotels in London and Europe. The translators met when they were both working at London’s Savoy Hotel in the late 1940s: a kitchen where the shadow of its first chef, Escoffier, still cast its influence. They subsequently became lecturers in cookery in a number of technical colleges where they endeavoured to maintain the importance of those fundamentals which Escoffier saw as necessary to the profitability and success of any catering enterprise. The translators have been on the staff of leading c