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| The Pastry Chef's Companion: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for the Baking and Pastry Professional | 
 enlarge | Authors: Glenn Rinsky, Laura Halpin Rinsky
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 130621
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470009551
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.3003
EAN: 9780470009550
ASIN: 0470009551
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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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.
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| Customer Reviews:
Really more of a glossary September 16, 2008
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.
That said, the definitions are well done.
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