The Chef's CompanionThe indispensable guide to over 5,000 culinary terms Even the most international chef sometimes needs help with todays wildly diverse cooking terminology. Now, theres an updated and revised edition of Elizabeth Rielys The Chefs Companion, which professional chefs and aspiring cooks everywhere can turn to when they need quick access to concise and reliable definitions, pronunciations, correct spelling, accepted usage, and origins of culinary terms.