WILEY The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking and Pastry

I have just begun to plan on spending many years baking gourmet pastries with this cookbook. A pastry chef friend swears by this book, and she recommended it to me. I'm so glad that I now have it. The recipes are priceless.

O livro traz várias dicas e receitas excelentes

Erg blij met het boek. Mooie recepten. Klein puntje, ik wil altijd graag de bakvormen gebruiken die vermeld staan bij een recept. Een aantal recepten vragen om een bakvorm die niet standaard zijn. Omrekenen dus of een zoektocht over de wereld via internet. Recepten worden ook in grammen vermeld, voor mij een groot voordeel.

My book was a bit damaged when i received it. Some of the pages were ripped and stuck together with glue. Not very happy about that.

I really like this book. It takes a little getting used, I didn't open and go "wow! I love it!" but it's a grower and I think they are the best. It's dense, there are very few coloured pictures. It's very big and it is intended as an accompaniment to a pastry student. I am a keen novice and home cook but for me I want to know the hows and whys and I want to be able to recreate the best things at home. It would take a long time to work your way through this book but it's great to dip into in the mean time.There are tons of recipes, as another reviewer mentioned you will likely need to sclae down if you're a home cook but it does offer you quanties for a half batch for many recipes, so if you have a large family or hungry friends this may suffice. It's very clear, it offers you background to some well known bakes. It tells you how to make pastries, doughs and fillings, it explains things like the bakers percentage/ratio, it explains what you are looking for and encourages you to bake in order and plan ahead to create efficiency. It's got a nice explanation on getting a good rise and flavour from your bread and lots more!I'm only beginning to scratch the surface of this book and I have not yet baked many recipes from it but I have used the fundemental priciples it explains in recipes from my other books and it's really making a difference. It gives you tips on how to do so many things, it's not colourful, it's not instant gratfication spoon fed to you but once you get beneath the surface of this book it's a gem.