Title: Use a variety of cookware for specific tasks.
Course: Culinary Arts II (16052-II) > Section: Applying Advanced Food-Preparation Techniques

Use should include

- selecting the appropriate cookware for the task
- working with cookware to produce foods that are of high quality in appearance, nutritional value, and flavor.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What materials are used to make cookware?
- How do the various cookware materials affect how quickly foods cook?
- Why is it important to use the proper cookware?

Communication

- What is the difference between commercial and home cookware?
- Why is glass cookware permitted in a home kitchen but not in a commercial kitchen?

Leadership

- What are the cleaning procedures for different cookware?
- What are safety practices to observe in using cookware?

Management

- What does gauge mean? Why might the gauge of a particular metal determine what equipment to purchase?
- How should cookware be stored?
- Why is it important to follow proper cleaning and sanitizing rules when cleaning cookware?