Acknowledgments

Running a school is a bit like producing a play. There are many moving parts and a huge team effort behind it. For a school, there are the teachers, administrators, and facilities staff who are the actors and stage crew. The voice and soul of a play, however, is found in the script. The same is true with a school; our voice and soul reside in the curriculum.

This book attempts to define the first part of The French Culinary Institute’s classic culinary curriculum. It is an ever-evolving opus. Ours has evolved for over twenty years. Thus we have a lot of people to thank.