On Cooking: A Textbook Of Culinary Fundamentals
Sarah R. Labensky; Alan M. Hause; Steven Labensky; Priscilla Martel
Language: English
Published by Pearson College Div, 2006
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- Title
- On Cooking: A Textbook Of Culinary Fundamentals
- Author
- Sarah R. Labensky; Alan M. Hause; Steven Labensky; Priscilla Martel
- Publisher
- Pearson College Div
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0131713272
- ISBN 13
- 9780131713277
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Item weight
- 7.75 pounds
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About the Author
Sarah R. Labensky, CCP
Chef Sarah is a cookbook author, cooking teacher, former working chef and caterer, active community volunteer and passionate culinary professional. She is currently employed as the Culinary Publications Specialist for FRP (Favorite Recipes Press) in Nashville. She joined FRP after serving as Founding Director of the Culinary Arts Institute at Mississippi University for Women. Previously, she was a Professor of Culinary Arts at Scottsdale (Arizona) Community College.
In her former life, Sarah was a practicing attorney, with a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. She also holds a Culinary Certificate from Scottsdale Community College.
Sarah has co-authored or edited almost over a dozen culinary books, including the best-selling On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals (Prentice Hall, 1995; 4th ed. 2006) and the award-winning On Baking (Prentice Hall, 2005). Sarah is active in numerous professional organizations and is the Immediate Past-President of the IACP.
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