Food and Wine : Baking

Cooking expert Beatrice Ojakangas has researched original sources from across the country to recapture the delicious tastes of Lemon Icebox Cake, Applesauce Crisp, and Rhubarb-Strawberry Pie. Along with each recipe, Ojakangas shares fascinating stories and little-known facts about the history of the dessert. The recipes have been tested and updated for easy preparation with today’s ingredients and techniques. more...

Price: $57.00

Understanding and applying food science to the bakeshop—now revised and updated. How Baking Works, Second Edition thoroughly covers the entire baking process, emphasizing the "whys" at work behind basic techniques. The book takes the user through the major ingredient groups, explaining how sweeteners, fats, milk, leavening agents, and other ingredients affect the appearance, flavor, and texture of the end product. The coverage also includes scaling and measurements, heat transfer, and sensory properties in baking. This revised and updated Second Edition features:.:. ;. Hands-on exercises and experiments at the end of each chapter, with many involving the sensory evaluation of ingredients. ;. Expanded coverage of sweeteners, variety grains, enzymes, starch structure and gelatinization, and gluten structure. ;. Important coverage of changes to federal laws, such as food allergen labeling. ;. Coverage reflecting consumer awareness of nutrition and health, including information on dietary fiber, trans fats, and trans-free fats in the baking context. ;. More photographs to illustrate the science of baking. ;. End-of-chapter questions that both review content and require readers to apply and synthesize what they've learned. How Baking Works, Second Edition offers a dynamic, hands-on learning experience to both practicing and future bakers and pastry chefs. more...

Price: $40.00

Everything you need to create stunning cake decorations. Cake decorating is an art with specific skills that must be studied and practiced before they can be mastered. Professional Cake Decorating is the first guidebook, reference, and at-your-fingertips resource to the special methods and techniques unique to cake decorating. more...

Price: $65.00

In his twenty-five years as Executive White House Pastry Chef, Roland Mesnier prided himself on creating a unique dessert for every special occasion, from elaborate State Dinners and formal receptions to smaller family gatherings and birthday celebrations. In Roland Mesnier's Basic to Beautiful Cakes, the author of the classic and comprehensive Dessert University shows home cooks how to create desserts that can be beautifully embellished to serve any occasion by using a small set of foolproof cake recipes. Soon you will have mastered the basic recipes and a few of the more advanced techniques, and you will be able to develop a repertoire of your own. Like Chef Mesnier, you'll be able to tailor your desserts to the tastes of your guests or the spirit of a celebration. Whether the table is lit by tapers and laid with your best silver or you are serving a few friends Sunday supper in the kitchen, you will be able to create sophisticated mouthwatering desserts that your guests will remember for weeks to come. more...

Price: $24.99

With more than 4,800 terms and definitions from around the world and ten appendices filled with helpful resources, this title combines the best features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia. It also includes phonetic spellings, cross-references, and illustrations as well as information on troubleshooting baking problems. more...

Price: $19.95