The Pastry Chef's Companion

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 ven