The Culinary Institute of America, a leader in culinary excellence for over 65 years, takes your students through a journey from a culinary arts student through employability. Introduction to Culinary Arts provides a solid foundation in culinary arts with a wealth of features that highlight and reinforce important concepts. In addition to cooking and kitchen skills, students gain valuable knowledge about nutrition, the foodservice industry, management skills and much more. Academic skills are reinforced and applied with features on Culinary Math, Science, History, and international cultures.

Expanded coverage of nutrition and healthy eating in a new unit, Nutrition and Menus. Twenty-four new Culinary Careers features provide insight into a variety of career alternatives. Twenty-four Culinary History features arranged chronologically to prov