Product Description: 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.
The Pastry Chef's Companion a Comprehensive resource guide 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!
Excellent Resource I am not a professional baker but this book helped me feel like one. It is informative, easy to use and a wonderful resource. I bought five of them for friends who love to cook and suggest anyone does too!
Really more of a glossary The book was arranged alphabetically with definitions for various baking terms. I hadn't expected that kind of format and would probably not have purchased it if I had realized that in advance.
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Tailipoe
Trevor
