This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Unit 7: Equipment Identification
Part 1: Knives
Kitchen equipment is a pretty broad subject, [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Unit 6: Recipes and Food Cost
Being able to change the yield of [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Unit 5: Culinary Math
Why they named this unit ‘Culinary Math’ and not [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals, with supplements from The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America. Check out the previous posts here.
Editor’s Note:  I have added The Professional Chef (recommended by ntsc) as [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals. Check out the previous posts here.

Unit 3: Sanitation
Sanitation - everyone’s favorite topic, right? I know, it’s not exciting but I thought I’d run down some of the basics [...]

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This post is part of a series called Cooking 101, which introduces the basics of cooking. The series follows the book Culinary Fundamentals. Check out the previous posts here.

Unit 2: Nutrition
Nutrition is a difficult topic to discuss in a single post given not only the enormity of the subject but the necessity [...]

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