The essential baker : the comprehensive guide to baking with chocolate, fruit, nuts, spices, and other ingredients

Summary: Bloom put her vast knowledge and experience as a pastry chef, teacher, and cookbook author into this comprehensive baking guide. The book features instruction on techniques, ingredients, and equipment, plus a collection of delicious, foolproof recipes.

Record details

ISBN: 9780764576454
ISBN: 0764576453
Physical Description: print
x, 645 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. ; Chichester : Wiley, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Baking essentials -- Best baking practices -- Essential ingredients -- Essential equipment and supplies -- Essential techniques -- Essential baking language -- Fruit and vegetables -- Stone fruit -- Apples, pears and quinces -- Citrus fruit -- Berries and grapes -- Tropical and exotic fruit -- Dried fruit -- Vegetables -- Nuts and seeds -- Nuts -- Seeds -- Chocolate -- About chocolate -- Dark chocolate -- Milk chocolate -- White chocolate -- Cocoa -- Specialty chocolate -- Dairy products -- Milk and cream -- Cheeses -- Spices and herbs -- Spices -- Herbs -- Coffee, tea, liqueurs, and spirits -- Coffee -- Tea -- Liqueurs and spirits.