Professional Baking

One of the most respected cookbooks in the industry - the 2002 IACP Cookbook Award Winner for Best Technical/Reference - "Professional Baking" brings aspiring pastry chefs and serious home bakers the combined talent of Wayne Gisslen and the prizewinning Le Corden Bleu in one volume. The revised Fourth Edition offers complete instruction in every facet of the baker's craft, offering more than 750 recipes - including 150 from Le Cordon Bleu - for everything from cakes, pies, pastries, and cookies to artisan breads. Page after page of clear instruction, the hallmark of all Gisslen culinary books, will help you master the basics - such as pate brisee and puff pastry -and confidently hone techniques for making spectacular desserts using spun sugar and other decorative work. More than 500 color photographs illustrate ingredients and procedures as well as dozens of stunning breads and finished desserts.

Provides step-by-step instructions for professional baking techniques; covers baking principles, equipment, and ingredients; and includes more than nine hundred recipes as well as tips on baking for special diets.

Get the extra practice you need to succeed in your baking course with this hands-on Student Workbook. Designed to help you master the problem-solving skills and concepts presented in ABOUT PROFESSIONAL BAKING, 1st Edition, this practical, easy-to-use workbook reinforces key concepts and promotes skill building.

For nearly two decades, On Cooking: A Textbook of Culinary Fundamentals has instructed thousands of aspiring chefs in the culinary arts. The Fifth Edition Update continues its proven approach to teaching both the principles and practices of culinary fundamentals while guiding you toward a successful career in the culinary arts. Teaching and Learning Experience: The text's time-tested approach is further enhanced with MyCulinaryLab(tm), a dynamic online learning tool that helps you succeed in the classroom. MyCulinaryLab(tm) enables you to study and master content online-in your own time and at your own pace Builds a strong foundation based on sound fundamental techniques that focus on six areas essential to a well-rounded culinary professional--Professionalism, Preparation, Cooking, Garde Manger, Baking, and Presentation A wealth of chapter features helps you learn, practice, and retain concepts 0133829170 / 9780133829174 On Cooking Update Plus MyCulinaryLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0133458555 / 9780133458558 On Cooking Update 0133780163 / 9780133780161 MyCulinaryLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for On Cooking Update

NATIONAL BESTSELLER GOLD WINNER 2021 - Taste Canada Awards - Single-Subject Cookbook Canada's baking sweetheart, Anna Olson, returns with an essential guide to baking for and with those you love. Baking Day is the book we have all been waiting for. In this new cookbook, Anna Olson encourages you to spend time with your loved ones, baking along with her easy-to-follow, delicious recipes for all your favourite treats. This is a cookbook to bring family and friends together, and to bond over quality time spent baking. With over 120 recipes for all skill levels, there is a baking project in Baking Day for everyone. Anna helps you find the right recipe by marking each one with difficulty level, necessary time commitment, required tools, and modifications for allergies or dietary restrictions. Anna's savoury and sweet recipes are suitable for every level of home baker, as she encourages you to challenge yourself and develop new skills in the kitchen. Her voice is truly encouraging, as she coaches you through each step, hoping to pass on the expertise she has learned throughout her 20-year career. She is especially mindful of her younger readers, or those of you baking with kids, making sure to point out the most important details for younger budding bakers. Step back from the craziness of life and connect with those you love over shared time in the kitchen. Very soon, "baking day" will become your favourite day of the week. Try making your own "Gourmet Goo" Skillet Brownies, Classic No-Bake Vanilla Cheesecake with Raspberry Coulis, or Toffee Pretzel Baklava. Anna also brings together comforting classics including Dutch Baby, Giant Glazed Cinnamon Bun, and her Signature Chocolate Chip Cookies, and recipes to show your loved ones how much you care--breakfast in bed for Father's Day, maybe, or a special homemade birthday cake for your best friend. There are even treats for your pets!

First published in 2004, Baking and Pastry has quickly become an essential resource for anyone who wants to create professional-caliber baked goods and desserts. Offering detailed, accessible instructions on basic techniques along with 625 standout recipes, the book covers everything from yeast breads, pastry doughs, quick breads, cookies, custards, souffl?s, icings, and glazes to frozen desserts, pies, cakes, breakfast pastries, savory items, and chocolates and confections. Featuring 461 color photographs and illustrations--more than 60 percent of which are all-new--this revised edition offers new step-by-step methods for core baking techniques that make it even more useful as a basic reference, along with expanded coverage of vegan and kosher baking, petit fours and other mini desserts, plated desserts, decorating principles and techniques, and wedding cakes. Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is an independent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's and associate degrees, as well as certificate programs, in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts. A network of more than 37,000 alumni in foodservice and hospitality has helped the CIA earn its reputation as the world's premier culinary college. Visit the CIA online at www.ciachef.edu.

A comprehensive and reliable approach to the foundations of baking, ideal for students and early-career professionals In the newly revised Eighth Edition to Professional Baking, best-selling author, Wayne Gisslen, delivers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to baking practices, including the selection of ingredients and proper mixing and baking techniques. The book discusses makeup and assembly, as well as skilled and imaginative decoration and presentation, in a straightforward and learner-friendly style. The new edition includes: Updates to the art program, including new photos, tables, and illustrations throughout the book Revised and updated formulas and recipes, including new material on emulsions, revisions to the text explaining mixing techniques, no-knead breads, and double hydration New material and recipes on the construction of entremets and revised material on the Joconde Method and dough lamination STUDENT STUDY GUIDE The Student Study Guide to accompany Professional Baking, Eighth Edition, gives students an opportunity to test their knowledge of the fundamental principles of baking. That understanding is critical to perform the practical skills of baking and pastry. Each chapter presents exercises to test that knowledge, including identifying key terms and their definitions, calculations such as costing and baker’s percentages of formulas, true/false questions, and short-answer questions and other written exercises. The exercises in this Study Guide allow students to gain confidence in what they have learned and identify areas that may require more review

This is the Student Study Guide to accompany Professional Baking, 7th Edition. Gisslen's 7th edition of Professional Baking continues to educate hundreds of thousands of students with clear, detailed instructions in the theory and techniques necessary to meet the demands of the professional kitchen. The title continues to comprehensively cover baking basics while also offering enhanced coverage of higher-level techniques such as pastry, chocolate, and sugar work. Balancing theory and practice, Professional Baking provides both the understanding and performance abilities needed to progress and develop in a successful baking career. Also included with Professional Baking are six glossy method cards that provide step-by-step photos and instructions on mixing and pie methods and pastry basics.