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

By Glenn Rinsky and Laura Halpin Rinsky

A comprehensive baking dictionary and reference guide

Designed for aspiring and current pastry professionals, this A-to-Z guide features more than 3,000 baking and pastry definitions, covering everything from dessert wines to notable pastry chefs to equipment and unusual ingredients. This essential reference includes phonetic spellings, cross-references, and illustrations and also features information on troubleshooting baking problems, classic and contemporary flavor combinations, specialty vendors, and professional organizations.

Glenn Rinsky (Pelham, AL) is a contributing writer for Pastry Arts and Design magazine. Laura Halpin Rinsky (Pelham, AL) is a Certified Executive Pastry Chef (CEPC) and a Certified Culinary Educator. Chef Halpin is Program Coordinator for Baking, Pastry, and Confectionary Arts at Culinard, The Culinary Institute of Virginia College in Birmingham, Alabama.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Feb 13, 2008
• ISBN: 9780470227299

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