New Professional Chef vs The chef's compendium of professional recipes: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Quantity cookery, Quantity cooking, Cooking

Cover of New Professional Chef

New Professional Chef Culinary Institute of America. · 1991 1190 pages · ≈ 22 h 02 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The chef's compendium of professional recipes

The chef's compendium of professional recipes Fuller, John · 1963 ★★★★☆ 3.8 416 pages · ≈ 7 h 42 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

The chef's compendium of professional recipes is the quicker read — about 7 hours vs 22 for New Professional Chef.
The chef's compendium of professional recipes is the easier read (Moderate), New Professional Chef more demanding (Challenging).

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