The pastry chef's companion : a comprehensive resource guide for the baking and pastry professional /

Rinsky, Glenn

The pastry chef's companion : a comprehensive resource guide for the baking and pastry professional / Glenn Rinsky and Laura Halpin Rinsky - New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2009 - viii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Baking resources -- Important temperatures every pastry chef and baker should know -- Weight and volume equivalents for most common ingredients -- Sugar cooking stages -- Conversion formulas and equivalents -- Seasonal fruit availability -- The 12 steps of baking -- Classic and contemporary flavor combinations -- What went wrong and why -- Specialty vendors -- Professional development resources.

A comprehensive baking dictionary and reference guide With more than 4,800 terms and definitions from around the world plus ten appendices filled with helpful resources, The Pastry Chef s Companion combines the best features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia.

9780470009550


COOKERY -- ENCYCLOPEDIAS

TX 349 .R56 2009