Pastry Baking

The Pastry Chef’s Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional

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 …

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Payard Desserts

In this visually stunning new book from legendary pastry chef François Payard, professional pastry chefs and serious home bakers will learn how to prepare pastry and other plated desserts that rival the best in the world. These recipes have been developed and perfected by Payard over twenty years, from his early days as a pastry chef in France …

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Baking

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 …

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A Jewish Baker’s Pastry Secrets: Recipes from a New York Baking Legend for Strudel, Stollen, Danishes, Puff Pastry, and More

This follow-up to the author’s James Beard award-winning Secrets of a Jewish Bakeris a charming collection of European-style bakery classics, such as coffee cake and strudel. George Greenstein had a gift for teaching home bakers to think, work, and bake like the pros with his evocative and tactile descriptions of baking. In A Jewish Baker’s Pastry Secrets, he …

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The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

Up-to-date, advanced techniques for the professional pastry chef and serious home baker The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef brings up-to-date coverage of the latest baking and pastry techniques to a new generation of pastry chefs and serious home bakers. This book covers advanced material and – like chef Bo’s classic The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking and …

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Macarons: Authentic French Cookie Recipes from the Macaron Cafe

PRAISE FOR AUTHOR CECILE CANNONE’S MACARONS:“Feather-light, at once crunchy and chewy, and distinguished by rich buttercream filling.” — The New York Times “Rival those in Paris.”— Zagat “Addictive.” — Time Out New YorkCuter than a cupcake and more delicious, the adorable macaron is très en vogue. Now you can make these crowd-pleasing cookies at home! Packed with helpful …

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Empanadas: The Hand-Held Pies of Latin America

Found from New York to Los Angeles, from Mexico to Brazil and into the Latin Caribbean, empanadas are the most widely eaten hand-held pies in the world. They can be filled with a marvelous array of ingredients featuring simple, vibrant flavors and can make a perfect snack, everyday meal, decadent dessert, or great party fare. Empanadas offers a …

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Tea with Jane Austen: Recipes inspired by her novels and letters

Enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of cake with one of the world’s favorite novelists Inspired by the novels and letters of Jane Austen, this collection of cakes, bakes, and pastries is based on authentic recipes from the Recency era, which have been fully updated for modern-day cooks. In Jane Austen’s day, tea and cakes were …

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We Love Madeleines

The first crowd-sourced cookbook from Chronicle Books, this celebration of the dainty French delight proves that classic doesn’t have to mean conventional. Forty reverential recipes—developed by madeleine lovers from Italy to Oregon and curated by Miss Madeleine herself—break the mold, with unexpected delights from Rosemary Parmesan Polenta to Molasses Spice to Chocolate Hazelnut, plus gluten-free and vegan options. …

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