Professional Baking
Fifth edition
with CD-ROM
by Wayne Gisslen

Wayne Gisslen's Professional Baking has been used by tens of thousands of bakers and pastry chefs to master the basics of their craft.

Now in its Fifth edition, Professional Baking contains clear, detailed instructions in the theory and techniques necessary to meet the demands of the professional kitchen.

Packed with close to 900 recipes, this new Fifth Edition of Professional Baking continues to comprehensively cover baking basics while also offering enhanced coverage of higher-level techniques such as pastry, chocolate, and sugar work.

Features in the Fifth edition:

• New recipes and dozens more revised and improved
• More than 150 new photographs
• A new recipe management software program that features user-friendly navigation, flexibility, and robust content
• More detailed information on controlling gluten development, the baking process, and basic yeast dough techniques
• A new chapter on baking for special diets, including low-fat, low-sugar, gluten-free, and dairy-free diets
• Revised and enlarged chapter on ingredients
• and more!

Contents

1. The Baking Profession
2. Basic professional Skills: Bakeshop Math and Sanitation
3. Baking and Pastry Equipment
4. Ingredients
5. Basic Baking Principles
6. Understanding Yeast Doughs
7. Understanding Artisan Breads
8. Lean Yeast Doughs
9. Rich Yeast Doughs
10. Quick Breads
11. Doughnuts, Fritters, Pancakes, and Waffles
12. Basic Syrups, Creams, and Sauces
13. Pies
14. Pastry Basics
15. Tarts and Special Pastries
16. Cake Mixing and Baking
17. Assembling and Decorating Cakes
18. Specialty Cakes, Gâteaux, and Torten
19. Cookies
20. Custards Puddings, Mousses, and Soufflés
21. Frozen Desserts
22. Fruit Desserts
23. Dessert Presentation
24. Chocolate
25. Marzipan, Nouogatine, and Pastillage
26. Sugar Techniques
27. Baking for Special Diets

Appendices

1. Large-Quantity Measurements
2. Metric Conversion Factors
3. Decimal Equivalents of Common Fractions
4. Approximate Volume Equivalents of Common Fractions.
5. Approximate Volume Equivalents of Dry Foods A
6. Temperature Calculations for Yeast Doughs
7. Eggs and Safety

Glossary
Recipe Index
Subject Index

Professional Baking CD-ROM
Specially designed to complement Professional Baking, the CD-ROM is an easy-to-use resource that includes every recipe from the text as well as the ability to add and modify new recipes! Every recipe from the book is included on the CD, and users can easily edit, create shopping lists, email, search by recipe or ingredient, export, and import their own recipe collections.

2009 (available now) • Only available with purchase of the book Professional Baking 5th Edition

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Professional Baking
Study Guide
Fifth Edition
by Wayne Gisslen

Written to accompany Professional Baking, this study guide is designed to be an effective aid for learning the information within each chapter.

Primarily intended for use outside of the classroom, its focus is to provide the student with practice sets utilizing such formats as multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, short answer, and true or false questions.

These practice sets, combined with the objectives clearly stated in each chapter, will enable the student to become well versed in the subject matter prior to classroom examinations. Gaining a solid understanding of cooking terminology as well as basic culinary techniques and procedures will make the transition from the classroom to the kitchen notable smoother.

This study guide represents all chapters of the text book and will be invaluable to the student.

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