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How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science

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The third updated edition of HOW BAKING WORKS offers a fine, revised survey covering the chemistry of the basic techniques of baking. The entire process is covered with an attention to the science behind why baking works: from major ingredient groups to how sweeteners, fats and leavening agents affect appearance, flavor and texture, this is a 'must' for any serious culinary collection.

I have 2 friends who own a French bakery in San Francisco. They both swear by this book as being _THE_ book to learn baking chemistry from. Apparently one of them used it to prep for her bakers exam recently. I haven't yet read it myself.

I wrote a 17 page term paper during culinary school in one night with only this book! This book opened my eyes to the incredible chemistry behind baking. If you want to understand why things react the way they do in this medium, I strongly suggest this book!

I am a science person at heart--I like to know why things are the way they are, even my muffins, popovers and yeast breads. This is a very user friendly book and is superior to Shirley Corriher's Bakewise (Corriher's Cookwise is great, but Bakewise is definitely lacking). A worthy investment.

Nice book! It reminds me of a test book. I enjoy the end of the chapters were it offers chapter specific receipts to try.

I just realized this book has two 3rd editions one published in 2010 and the other April 2011 they have different: ISBN-10: 1118132343/ ISBN-13: 978-1118132340, ISBN-10: 0470392673/ISBN-13: 978-0470392676. They have different prices, the earlier edition is $28.95 weights 2.6 pounds and the later edition goes for $88.95 and weights almost 6 pound. The later edition is classified as a set but there is no reference to the set in the description. The publisher does not offer page number information. I called AMAZON and they didn't seem to know the difference. I looked on the publishers website and it only list the first 3rd edition. Buyer beware!!!