I would recommend The Professional Chef - it provides techniques and how do them, and follows this with recipes that apply them after. As might be expected thou

I would recommend The Professional Chef - it provides techniques and how do them, and follows this with recipes that apply them after. As might be expected though, this is a fairly serious book. https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Chef-Culinary-Institute-America/dp/0470421355/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=professional+chef&qid=1626305557&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Chef-Culinary-Institute-...