How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science - Softcover

Figoni, Paula I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471268569 ISBN 13: 9780471268567

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

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Accessible coverage of the science of baking Underlying the artistic considerations involved in baking is science, and no other text offers as in--depth coverage of the "whys" of baking as How Baking Works. By helping bakers and pastry chefs better understand the major ingredient groups and reactions ingredients undergo during basic baking techniques, this insightful book is an essential key to mastering skills, effectively adapting to today's quickly evolving trends, and understanding a wide array of ingredients from different cultures. In a clear, easy--to--understand format, How Baking Works explains how sweeteners, fats, leavening agents, and other ingredients work, as well as how to apply scientific knowledge to answer such questions as: By doubling the sugar in a pound cake, how does that affect the appearance, flavor, and texture of the end product? Each chapter concludes with helpful review exercises and lab experiments, making this book an engaging learning tool. Complete with dozens of informative illustrations, How Baking Works is a versatile instructional book for students in culinary and baking programs and professional bakers and pastry chefs.

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PAULA FIGONI is a food scientist and associate professor in the International Baking and Pastry Institute in the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. She also has more than ten years of experience in product development and food science at The Pillsbury Company and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

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Accessible coverage of the science of baking

Underlying the artistic considerations involved in baking is science, and no other text offers as in–depth coverage of the "whys" of baking as How Baking Works. By helping bakers and pastry chefs better understand the major ingredient groups and reactions ingredients undergo during basic baking techniques, this insightful book is an essential key to mastering skills, effectively adapting to today’s quickly evolving trends, and understanding a wide array of ingredients from different cultures.

In a clear, easy–to–understand format, How Baking Works explains how sweeteners, fats, leavening agents, and other ingredients work, as well as how to apply scientific knowledge to answer such questions as: By doubling the sugar in a pound cake, how does that affect the appearance, flavor, and texture of the end product? Each chapter concludes with helpful review exercises and lab experiments, making this book an engaging learning tool.

Complete with dozens of informative illustrations, How Baking Works is a versatile instructional book for students in culinary and baking programs and professional bakers and pastry chefs.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471268569
• ISBN 13: 9780471268567
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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