In Wrath of the Lich king the professions will be even more unique as
they will not only give you new recipes but some will also grant you certain "bonuses".
I have listed these bonuses and some new recipes/abilites to help you choose
the right profession(s) to stick with in the upcoming expansion.
Alchemy:
Mixology (passive) - Increased effect and duration of elixirs or flasks but only from those that you are able to make.
Crazy Alchemist's Potion - "Heals, replenishes, or does something else... depending on the situation." Whetever this is good or not can be discussed.
Endless Healing Potion (BoP) - Restores 1680-2160 HP. Has a 3min cooldown.
Endless Mana Potion (BoP) - Restores 400-600 Mana. Has a 3min cooldown.
Blacksmithing:
Socket Gloves - Adds one socket to a pair of gloves. Can only be used on own armor and binds the gloves to you.
Socket Bracer - Adds one socket to a pair of bracers. Can only be used on own armor and binds the bracers to you.
Enchanting:
Enchant Ring - Assault - Increasing Attack Power by 32. Only usable on the master-enchanters ring(s).
Enchant Ring - Greater Spellpower - Increasing Spell Power by 19. Only usable on the master-enchanters ring(s).
Enchant Ring - Stamina - Increasing Stamina by 24. Only usable on the master-enchanters ring(s).
Engineering:
MOLL-E - Portable mailbox - Creates a portable mailbox for 5min. Has a 24H cooldown.
Scrapbot Construction Kit - Creates a vendor that buys anything. Serves for 5min and has a 15min cooldown. Comparable to Field Repair Bot 100G.
Wormhole: Gadgetzan - Creates a wormhole that should teleport you and your current party to Gadgetzan.
Gnomish Army Knife - A knife? No. This spell has a chance of chocking a dead player back to life. Cannot be used while in combat and has a 30min cooldown.
Inscription:
4 Shoulder enchants - Can only be applied to the inscription-masters armor and will cause it to become soulbound.
Decipher - "Allows the dechipering of a strange and mysterious writing". Some people believe this is used like the Rogues Lockpicking, only that it "decrypts" a scroll.
Runic Blast - Blasts an enemy for 24-30 Arcane damage.Consumes Ivory Ink when used. Whetever there is a higher rank of this spell is so far unknown.
Jewelcrafting:
18 Bind-on-Pickup gems - Can only wear a maximum of 3 Dragon Eyes.
Figurine - Emerald Boar (Trinket, BoP) - One of the four new trinkets available to JCs only.
Leatherworking:
4 Leg armors - Can only be attached to the master-leatherworkers own armor and doing so will cause the item to be souldbound.
Fur Lining - Can only be attached to the master-leatherworkers own bracers and doing so will cause the them to be souldbound.
Tailoring:
3 Cloak embroideries - Can only be embroided on the tailoring-masters cloak and will cause it to become soulbound.
6 Carpets (mounts) - Can only be used by the tailorer.
A Guide to Northern Cloth Scavenging - Using this will increase the chance to find cloth on Northrend humanoids
Gathering professions
Herbalism bonus:
Lifeblood (Rank 1-6) - A HoT-spell that will scale with your herbalism skill and heal you for 300-2000HP over 5 seconds.
Fire Leaf - Reduces your armor by 100%, but increases your attack power by 400 for 10 sec. Has a 1min cooldown.
Fire Seed - Makes you vulnerable to magic, but increases your spell power by 200 for 10 sec. Has a 1min cooldown.
Mining bonus:
Toughness (Rank 1-6) - Will increase your maximum health by 30-500HP.
Skinning bonus:
Master of Anatomy (Rank 1-6) - Will increase your critical strike rating by 3-25, 0.54% at level 80.
Sources
wow profession guide
wow-wiki