College Version (Professional Baking) - Hardcover

Gisslen, Wayne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047178348X ISBN 13: 9780471783480

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Synopsis

Wayne Gisslen′s Professional Baking, long the standard for bakers learning their craft, illuminates the art and science of baking with unmatched comprehensiveness and clarity. Packed with close to 900 recipes, this Fifth Edition continues to cover the basics of bread and cake making while also presenting higher–level techniques such as pastry, chocolate, and sugar work. Balancing theory and practice, Professional Baking gives you the understanding and fundamental skills you need to progress and develop in a successful baking career.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The new edition of the classic baking text

Wayne Gisslen′s Professional Baking, long the standard for bakers learning their craft, illuminates the art and science of baking with unmatched comprehensiveness and clarity. Packed with close to 900 recipes, this Fifth Edition continues to cover the basics of bread and cake making while also presenting higher–level techniques such as pastry, chocolate, and sugar work. Balancing theory and practice, Professional Baking gives students both the understanding and fundamental skills they need to progress and develop in a successful baking career.

This Fifth Edition includes:

• New recipes and dozens more revised and improved

• More than 150 new photographs

• A new recipe management software program, Wiley CulinarE–Companion, that features user–friendly navigation, flexibility, and robust content

• More detailed information on controlling gluten development, the baking process, and basic yeast dough techniques

• A new chapter on baking for special diets, including low–fat, low–sugar, gluten–free, and dairy–free diets

• New sidebars explaining the history and cultural background of various bakery products, as well as details concerning specialty equipment, ingredients, nutrition, and other topics of interest

• Revised and enlarged chapter on ingredients, including more detailed information on all catego–ries of ingredients

About the Author:

Wayne Gisslen is the IACP award–winning author of the bestselling series of culinary books that includes Professional Cooking, Professional Baking, Essentials of Professional Cooking, Advanced Professional Cooking, and The Chef′s Art: Secrets of Four–Star Cooking at Home, all published by Wiley. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he has written and worked extensively in the field of culinary arts, with experience as a restaurant chef, test kitchen supervisor, and food and beverage consultant.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 047178348X
• ISBN 13: 9780471783480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 800