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Recommended Reading: Restaurant Careers & Education

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Restaurant Careers

"A Woman's Place is in the Kitchen": The Evolution of Women Chefs Ann Cooper. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. book

Becoming a Chef: With Recipes and Reflections From America's Leading Chefs Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. book

Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry Barbara Sims-Bells. New York: Facts on File, 1994. book

Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food Mary Deidre Donovan. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1993. book

Foodwork: Jobs in the Food Industry and How to Get Them Barbara Sims-Bells. Santa Barbara, CA: Advocacy Press, 1993. book

The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America Michael Ruhlman. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997. book

Opportunities in Fast Food Careers Marjorie Eberts, Margaret Gisler & Linda Brothers. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1995. book

Opportunities in Food Service Careers Carol Caprione Chmelynski. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1992. book

Opportunities in Restaurant Careers Carol Caprione Chmelynski, Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1990. book

Hospitality Education

Guide to College Programs in Culinary Arts, Hospitality and Tourism, by the Council on Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (CHRIE), John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Profiles 550 college and university programs in culinary arts, hotel and restaurant management, and travel and tourism. CHRIE Web site or Amazon.com.

The Guide to Cooking Schools 2001, edited by Dorlene Kaplan and published by ShawGuides, 2000. Lists hundreds of career and professional culinary programs, recreational programs, culinary apprenticeships and other culinary opportunities in the United States and abroad. ShawGuides.com or Amazon.com

CookingSchools.com. Search more than 1,100 career and recreational cooking and culinary schools by name, location or program specialty. CookingSchools.com web site.