Cooking at the Academy

Go behind the scenes of the renowned California Culinary Academy in San Francisco for a taste of a professional cooking school and emerge thinking like a chef! This series gives both novice and experienced cooks an understanding of the how and why of classical cooking techniques.

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Credits

producer

Bruce Franchini

production company

KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1991

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

S01150

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cookery

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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United States, 1991

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