I have many friends that went to that school, and by the way they cook I can tell you that they sure waisted their time( joking) :)
We'll its is upto you and how much you are willing to get out of it, you waist your time only if you...
MY Idea of a great chef is one that has earned his merrits by working himself up the ranks, and truly values the hard work of his brothers in the kitchen evrything else is secondary.
Basically fryer guyers like i call them are like in the worse position, specially if your in a joint that has like a gazillion fry appetizers in the menu.
just take like 20 tablets of codeine(or smoke crack), before you go into work...
stuff them with fresh herbs than drown them in a deep pot filled with cold olive oil, and cook at 250 slowly until the bone almost come off the meat.
pulled them out when done, and baste them with a red wine, teriaky, mandarin juice,...
I don't think you really need a cook book to infuze oils, just make a trip to your local market and see whats available to you, and just pick and chose, I would throw some small peppers and and pepper corns into the mix for variety. just...