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.
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The A-to-Z Guide to Pastry, Baking, and Confectionary Arts
Although there are many individual books on the subject of pastry, there has never been a single comprehensive resource . . . until now. With The Pastry Chef's Companion, baking and pastry enthusiasts and professionals alike no longer have to lose time searching for definitions, pronunciations, information, and resources.
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:
Classic and contemporary flavor trends that reflect today's pastry palette and industry practices
Coverage of the key factors in the production of quality pastry products
Listings of specialty vendors, professional organizations, and baking and pastry Web site resources
Troubleshooting guide to fixing common baking and pastry problems
Illustrations of uncommon pastry products and equipment
Phonetic pronunciations
Whether you are a culinary student, professional, or simply a pastry enthusiast, The Pastry Chef's Companion is your one-stop resource for the world of pastry, baking, and confectionary arts.
About the Author
Glenn Rinsky is a Certified Executive Chef (CEC), Certified Executive Pastry Chef (CEPC), and Certified Culinary Educator (CCE). A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, he is Executive Chef-Instructor at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama.
Laura Halpin Rinsky is a Certified Executive Pastry Chef (CEPC) and Certified Culinary Educator (CCE). A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, she is currently designing and implementing a Hospitality and Culinary Arts Academy for Hewitt-Trussville High School in Trussville, Alabama.
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I am a home baker, not a professional or a culinary arts student. 309 of the 375 pages of the book are a glossary of usual and unusual baking terms, types of pastry, almost anything and everything associated with the discipline. The problem is that this book is filled with information and terms that are readily available on the internet. When a term in a cookbook is unfamiliar, I type it into a search engine. It takes an instant to obtain an answer, in fact it takes less time than taking out this book and looking it up. My interest in baking is substantial, but even so, the book makes for dry reading (like reading from the dictionary) to simply sit and absorb the contents - which I assume wasn't the intended purpose. From my perspective, although the extensive amount of research that went into compiling this comprehensive volume is obvious and admirable, the reality is this reference book would have been absolutely invaluable to a wide audience 15 or 20 years ago.
The remaining 64 pages of the book contain some universally useful information. Tables are included for Important Temperatures Every Pastry Chef 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 (Bread baking), Classic and Contemporary Flavor Combinations and What Went Wrong and Why - an area in the book where common baking mishaps are discussed. Some of the information, like Sugar Cooking Stages, is common information that appears in many cookbooks, but some of the tables are inspired and will be helpful to all. The book finishes up with a list of Specialty Vendors and the references utilized in the creation of the book. The book is a 6 x 9 inch paperback with no photographs and it it printed with dark brown ink. The font size appears to be 10 point. The information in this book will be particularly useful if the reader does not have regular access to the internet or a need exists to have this information in a single volume.
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This review is from: The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional (Paperback)
I am in the hotel industry and don't know how I survived all these years without this book! It assists me when I talk to customers so that I can easily explain items and show pictures to them. The only problem is that I need to get another copy so that I have one at home and one in the office. I think that anyone who likes to bake or is a "foodie" needs to BUY THE BOOK!The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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The Pastry Chef's Companion a Comprehensive resource guide,
By Judy Shinn (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional (Paperback)
This is an excellent reference tool I highly recommend for any baker or pastry student. I am enrolled in the Le Cordon Bleu Diploma in Patisserie and Baking and have found this an invaluable resource in my studying and baking. Fellow students have also purchased this book along with our school library. The author's have done an amazing job in their research and organization, I refer to this book on a regular basis. Thank you!
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melon see muskmelon, other pastry products, crème diplomat, skin encases, biscuit method, blown sugar, snack with coffee, cherry see cherry, cookie flavored, pastry tool, sweet pastry dough, sugar see sugar, cocoa butter crystals, dough flavored, savory items, short dough, golden yellow skin, tempered chocolate, flesh ranges, rolled fondant, creaming method, pudding flavored, specialty vendors, dough temperature, pastry items Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The French, The Italian, Available May, United States, Middle Eastern, The German, The Spanish, Available June, Southeast Asia, South America, Available March, Steps of Baking, Available October, Latin American, West Indies, The Japanese, North America, New England, Sri Lanka, Available August, New Zealand, Available September, The British, The Arabic, Wonder Bread Browse Sample Pages:
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melon see muskmelon, other pastry products, crème diplomat, skin encases, biscuit method, blown sugar, snack with coffee, cherry see cherry, cookie flavored, pastry tool, sweet pastry dough, sugar see sugar, cocoa butter crystals, dough flavored, savory items, short dough, golden yellow skin, tempered chocolate, flesh ranges, rolled fondant, creaming method, pudding flavored, specialty vendors, dough temperature, pastry items Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The French, The Italian, Available May, United States, Middle Eastern, The German, The Spanish, Available June, Southeast Asia, South America, Available March, Steps of Baking, Available October, Latin American, West Indies, The Japanese, North America, New England, Sri Lanka, Available August, New Zealand, Available September, The British, The Arabic, Wonder Bread Browse Sample Pages:
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