Book Details
Orange Code:56923
Paperback:677 pages
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Sections:
1. Nutrition Basics: What Is Inside Food, How It Functions and Healthy Guidelines: The Nutrients in Foods and Beverages in Healthy Cooking and Baking2. Food Science Basics: Healthy Cooking and Baking Demystified: The Science behind Healthy Foods, Cooking and Baking3. Culinary Arts Basics: Healthy Cooking Fundamentals: The Culinary Competencies of Healthy Food Selection, Preparation and Food Service4. Carbohydrate Basics: Sugars, Starches and Fibers in Foods and Health: Healthy Carbohydrate Choices, Roles and Applications in Nutrition, Food Science and the Culinary Arts5. Protein Basics: Animal and Vegetable Proteins in Food and Health: Healthy Protein Choices, Roles and Applications in Nutrition, Food Science and the Culinary Arts6. Global Food and Nutrition: World Food, Health and the Environment: Practical Applications for Nutrition, Food Science and Culinary Professionals
Description:
Culinary Nutrition: The Science and Practice of Healthy Cooking is the first textbook specifically written to connect food science, nutrition and culinology. The book uses real-life applications, recipes and color photographs of finished dishes to emphasize the necessity of sustainably deliverable, health-beneficial and taste-desirable products. With pedagogical elements to enhance and reinforce learning opportunities, this book explores the basics of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, issues of diet and disease, including weight management, and food production and preparation topics.
- Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2014: USA, Best Author or Chef for Professionals, Gourmand International
- Global Food Industry Awards 2014: Special Mention in Communicating Science-Related Knowledge to Consumers Aimed at Improving their Lifestyle, International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
- Explores the connections among the technical sciences of nutrition, food science and the culinary arts as well as consumer choices for diet, health and enjoyment
- Presents laboratory-type, in-class activities using limited materials and real-life applications of complex concepts
- Includes photographs and recipes to enhance learning experience
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