This page provides you with useful information that covers material specific to baking and the preparation of desserts.
Sweet Treats Around the World by
From apple pie to baklava, cannoli to gulab jamun, sweet treats have universal appeal in countries around the world. This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive look at global dessert culture.
The Italian Baker, Revised by
Introduces traditional techniques for preparing artisanal doughs while incorporating ingredient and equipment sections and instructions for using the natural yeast method.
Inside the Jewish Bakery by
Ever wonder how-or why, when, or where-challah gets made? Ginsberg and Berg here bring together their ample baking experience (the former, at home; the latter, professionally) to create a reference for baking traditional Jewish breads, bagels, cookies, cakes, and rolls. Techniques and recipes are contextualized within a history of the role of bakeries and baked goods in Eastern European and, later, American Jewish cultural life, engagingly supplemented with a collection of personal anecdotes and family stories
Swedish Desserts by
Whether it's delicious Kransekake (Swedish almond cake with icing), crunchy Knapriga Sirapskakor (syrup cookies), or classic Vaniljkringlor (vanilla biscuits), these desserts represent the finest of Swedish traditional sweets. Swedish pastry chef Cecilia Vikbladh offers eighty of her irresistible recipes, with mouthwatering color photographs illustrating the final results. Comforting and diverse, these treats will satisfy any sweet tooth. At-home bakers can now gain further insight into Swedish culture by enjoying their most coveted desserts.
Swedish Breads and Pastries by
Jan Hedh believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy freshly baked bread for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! More than just a collection of recipes, this guide contains vivid, full-color photographs of step-by-step methods to knead, roll, braid, cut, and bake dough into a variety of shapes and styles. From dinner rolls and pudding to baguettes and waffles, Swedish Breads and Pastries is the ultimate guide to bread making that no chef, event coordinator, or home baker will want to be without.
Grand Livre de Cuisine by
The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington during the 1930s, Sam and Henny Pollit are a warring husband and wife. Their tempestuous marriage, aggravated by too little money, lies at the centre of Stead's satirical and brilliantly observed novel about the relations between husbands and wives, and parents and children. Sam, a scientist, uses words as weapons of attack and control on his children and is prone to illusions of power and influence that fail to extend beyond his family.
Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts by
Summary
While other chefs paid dues on restaurant lines and at cooking schools, Brooks Headley was in the back of a tour van as a drummer in much-loved punk bands that never made a dime. Now executive pastry chef at New York's Del Posto restaurant, Headley creates unorthodox recipes that echo his unconventional background: fruit is king, vegetables are championed, acidity is key, and simplicity is the goal.With 97 recipes and more than 100 photographs, Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts has six chapters: "Fruit," "Vegetables," "Grains and Flours," "Chocolate," "Seeds and Nuts," and "Dairy." Recipes range from verjus melon candy to tofu chocolate creme brulée, fruit sorbet to eggplant and chocolate, showcasing Headley's unique perspective on ingredients and methodology. Guest contributors include philosopher-musician Ian Svenonius, essayist Sloane Crosley, and award-winning chefs Gabrielle Hamilton and David Kinch. Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts is an essential, inventive addition to the shelf of both home cooks and professional chefs.
The Art of the Cake by
This wonderfully presented class to making and decorating cakes, cupcakes, and other visually stunning baked delicacies from the renowned cake designer is perfect for bakers of all levels, from event planners and caterers to home cooks. Whether planning a grand fête or an intimate dinner, Mich Turner’s cake designs are the perfect dessert for a celebration. The book begins with a thorough overview of basic equipment and ingredients, along with step-by-step demonstrations and recipes for Turner’s signature cakes, including the famed truffle torte
The Pastry Chef's Apprentice by
For many people, pastries, cakes, chocolates, and sweets come ready to eat right from the grocery store. If they're lucky, a local bakery or chocolate shop satisfies the community's sweet tooth. Few people think they have the skill or the time to tackle something as seemingly complicated and time-consuming as homemade pastry. In The Pastry Chef's Apprentice, author Mitch Stamm simplifies a culinary school's core pastry curriculum and teaches the reader just how quickly you can go from sifting and stirring to spectacular.
Swedish Breads and Pastries by
Jan Hedh believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy freshly baked bread for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! More than just a collection of recipes, this guide contains vivid, full-color photographs of step-by-step methods to knead, roll, braid, cut, and bake dough into a variety of shapes and styles. From dinner rolls and pudding to baguettes and waffles, Swedish Breads and Pastries is the ultimate guide to bread making that no chef, event coordinator, or home baker will want to be without.
The Pastry Chef's Companion by
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. In addition to the current terminology of every component of pastry, baking, and confectionary arts, this book provides important information about the origin and historical background of many of the terms. Moreover, it offers coverage of flavor trends, industry practices, key success factors, a resources list, illustrations, and phonetic pronunciations.
Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook by
Baking quite possibly the best cheesecakes in the universe, Junior's Restaurant is a legend in its own right. Located in downtown Brooklyn, Times Square and Grand Central Station in New York, this home away from home has been wooing New Yorkers since it first opened its doors on Election Day, 1950. And now, finally, they are willing to offer up the recipes that have had Brooklynites double-parking on Flatbush Avenue for generations.
The Classic and Contemporary Recipes of Yves Thuries by
Classic cake & pastry recipe book.
The Professional French Pastry Series by
French pastry reference book.
The Chocolate Therapist by
The Chocolate Therapist answers these questions and more. This book has everything a person needs to know to select the best chocolate for health. Both informative and entertaining, it includes alphabetized ailments, each with a chocolate recommendation, followed by supporting research as to how and why it helps the body.
Sweet Tooth by
Sweet Tooth is a book with a real edge, a balanced firsthand account of [the author's] obsession with candy and a detailed look at its history and development. The sugary treats we enjoy today have a prominent past: They've delighted kings, cured the ill, and were developed into a billion-dollar industry. At the same time, however, the bitter side of this chronicle tells how the confectionery industry helped create an environment of unhealthy overindulgence, quelled small-business competition deemed to pose risks to any corporation's bottom line, and was indeed largely responsible for the slave trade that evolved during America's colonial era.
The Art of the Chocolatier by
Covering the full spectrum of chocolate work-from the fundamentals of chocolate making to instruction on advanced showpiece design and assembly-The Art of the Chocolatier is the most complete and comprehensive guide to chocolate-making on the market. The book covers basic information on ingredients, equipment, and common techniques in the pastry kitchen, while also offering clear, step-by-step instructions on creating small candies and large-scale chocolate pieces.
Chocolates and Confections by
Chocolate and candy making today is undergoing a renaissance in public awareness and status. This comprehensive book combines artisan confectionery techniques with accessible explanations of the theory and science as well as formulas for use in production. Fundamental information for the confectioner includes ingredient function and use, chocolate processing, and artisan production techniques. The book contains 140 formulas and variations for beautiful confections, including dairy-based centers, crystalline and noncrystalline sugar confectionery, jellies, and nut center and aerated confections.
Truffles, Candies, and Confections by
A companion for making chocolate treats at home, this book explains how to use sugar pans, flan rings, and candy and truffle dippers. The author gives techniques for kneading marzipan, using pastry bags, and making pastry cones as well as time saving tips.
Creative Candy Making by
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Creams, Confections, and Finished Desserts by
The first two sections of Volume 2 are devoted to basic creams and basic confections, which, together with the basic doughs in Volume 1 provide a complete overview of the fundamental pastry recipes and techniques. The second section presents a variety of finished desserts that are based on the basic doughs, creams, and confections.
In the Hands of a Baker by
In the Hands of a Baker from The Culinary Institute of America helps bakers and pastry chefs identify, understand, and utilize the tools and equipment needed for successful professional baking. This indispensable book provides in-depth information on how to choose the best equipment for any baking job'from scaling and measuring tools to cutting and confectionery tools, and from small appliances to bakeware and beyond'along with proper techniques for handling and maintaining that equipment.
Professional Baking by
Gisslen's 6th edition of Professional Baking continues to educate hundreds of thousands of readers with clear, detailed instructions in the theory and techniques necessary to meet the demands of the professional kitchen. The text continues to comprehensively cover baking basics while also offering enhanced coverage of higher-level techniques such as pastry, chocolate, and sugar work. Balancing theory and practice, Professional Baking provides both the understanding and performance abilities needed to progress and develop in a successful baking career
In the Sweet Kitchen by
For everyone who's ever been stumped by a problem while baking or has had a question about an ingredient, a piece of equipment, or the best technique, this comprehensive reference provides all the answers plus recipes to delight every baker with results that please every taste.
Gingerbread by
Who says gingerbread is just for the holidays? This unique cookbook shows how gingerbread can be enjoyed for breakfast or dessert year-round. Reflecting the wisdom and creativity of a professional pastry chef and dedicated homecook,Gingerbread collects 60 traditional and modern recipes. Start with simple, yummy treats like Gingerbread Rum Cake and Sticky Toffee Gingerbread, then graduate to building your own gingerbread house for the holidays. Any way you slice it, these gingery goodies are sure to be a hit on any day of the year!
Baking by
The learn-to-bake master class in a book.
The craft of baking is based on good technique. Learn the fundamentals well, and you can bake perfect cakes, cookies, tarts, breads, and pastries each and every time.
That's the premise of "Baking," revered cooking teacher James Peterson's master course in baking fundamentals. In more than 350 recipes and auxiliary techniques--most accompanied by illuminating step-by-step photographs--Peterson lays the foundation for lifelong baking success.
How Baking Works by
This guide takes the future pastry chef and baker through the major ingredient groups, explaining how sweeteners, fats, milk and leavening agents work and provides end of chapter exercises and lab experiments to reinforce concepts.
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Bread by
When Bread was first published in 2004, it received the Julia Child Award for best First Book and became an instant classic. Hailed as a 'masterwork of bread baking literature,' Jeffrey Hamelman's Bread features 140 detailed, step-by-step formulas for versatile sourdough ryes; numerous breads made with pre-ferments; and simple, straight dough loaves. Here, the bread baker and student will discover a diverse collection of flavors, tastes, and textures; hundreds of drawings that vividly illustrate techniques; and four-color photographs of finished and decorative breads
Bread by
The book is written for general readers, baking enthusiasts and for culinary historians. It offers the general reader an approachable introduction to the history of bread and to the many forms that bread takes throughout the world. It offers bread bakers a solid history of the craft and a way of thinking about bread that inspires experimentation in search of new forms.
Artisan Breads at Home by
An illustrated guide for anyone who wants to master the art of baking delicious artisan breads at home
This addition to The Culinary Institute of America's "At Home" series is perfect for home bakers who want to go beyond the basics to create delicious artisan breads. Backed by the CIA's expertise, Eric Kastel leads readers through simple and challenging recipes from Baguettes, Peasant Bread, and Ciabatta to Cheddar Onion Rye Rolls, Coffee, Cake, and even Sourdough.
Flatbreads and Flavors by
As they have pursued their passions for travel and exploring culture through food, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid have found an internationally shared and nourishing element of culture and cuisine: flatbreads, humankind's simplest, oldest, and most remarkably varied form of bread.
Technology of Breadmaking by
This practical guide illuminates all aspects of breadmaking. It provides a thorough understanding of the many new developments shaping the industry and offers detailed technical coverage of the complex processes that make bread and fermented products. It examines the nature of bread products, the role of the ingredients in determining their quality, processing methods and their control, and equipment functions. In addition, the book explores the contributions of individual components and processing stages to final bread quality.
Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Small Breads by
Small is a scone, a bagel, a Parker House roll. Small is a feta biscuit, a pan dulce, a brioche, an all-American blueberry muffin. Small fits easily in the palm of your hand, but fills your mouth and stomach with flavor." "In Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Small Breads, the bestselling author of Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads brings you more than one hundred recipes for delicious mouthfuls from around the world.
