Becoming a Chef - Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

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RECOMMENDED READING FOR ASPIRING CHEFS

Prospective students at The Culinary Institute of America are advised to read the following books:

Claiborne, Craig. ELEMENTS OF ETIQUETTE.

Cullen, Noel. THE WORLD OF CULINARY SUPERVISION, TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT.

Dornenburg, Andrew and Karen Page. BECOMING A CHEF.

Dornenburg, Andrew and Karen Page. CULINARY ARTISTRY.

Escoffier, Auguste. LE GUIDE CULINAIRE.

Fisher, MFK. THE ART OF EATING.

Reardon, Joan. MFK FISHER, JULIA CHILD, AND ALICE WATERS: Celebration of the Pleasures of the Table.

Ruhlman, Michael. THE MAKING OF A CHEF.

Zraly, Kevin and Andrea Immer. WINDOWS ON THE WORLD COMPLETE WINE COURSE.

Haines, Robert. MATH PRINCIPLES FOR FOODSERVICE COMPANIES.

Sullivan, Jim. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.

Sullivan, Jim and Phil Roberts. SERVICE THAT SELLS: The Art of Profitable Hospitality.

For additional details on the CIA's recommended reading list, click here.

To see Andrew and Karen's recommended reading list, click here.

If you cannot obtain these books in your local bookstore or library, you can order them by clicking the links above. For those titles without links above, contact 800/677-6266.

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“I was in the San Francisco bookstore A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books during a lunch break from jury duty when a youngish man asked one of the store employees about a particular book. I always eavesdrop in the store, because the store employees are avid book readers with really good and insightful recommendations. The book in question had to do with the restaurant business (as the California Culinary Academy is nearby, perhaps the customer was a student). The bookstore employee answered the specific question and then said, 'Have you read Dornenburg and Page's books? They are the best there are for the restaurant industry. I love their books.' At that point, another woman chimed in, 'Did they write the book CHEF'S NIGHT OUT?' And the store employee said, 'Oh, yes - everyone has that. But read this book - it's their best,' pulling down CULINARY ARTISTRY from the shelf. In any event, it was a breathtaking moment of pure admiration, and I thought you should know about it.”

— Terri Dial, President and CEO, Wells Fargo Bank