Professional Baking College Version with CD Rom 4th Edition or World of Wine Boxed Set

Professional Baking, College Version with CD-Rom, 4th Edition

Author: Wayne Gisslen

Professional Baking contains even more expertise and formulas for the aspiring professional in this updated new Fourth Edition. Offering complete, step-by-step instruction on making the full range of baked goods from cakes, pies, and pastries to artisan breads and more, this must-have resource shares the information and techniques necessary to create high-quality dishes with the artistry of a true professional.

Wall Street Journal

An encyclopedic and clear handbook of things to do with your oven, from challis to specialty meringues and mocha roll: even some unbaked desserts are tucked in at the end in this textbook for sweet tooths.

Table of Contents:

Basic Principles.
Ingredients.
Understanding Yeast Doughs.
Lean Yeast Doughs.
Rich Yeast Doughs.
Quick Breads.
Doughnuts, Fritters, Pancakes, and Waffles.
Basic Syrups, Creams, and Sauces.
Pies.
Pastry Basics.
Tarts and Special Pastries.
Cake Mixing and Baking.
Assembling and Decorating Cakes.
Specialty Cakes, Gateaux, and Torten.
Cookies.
Custards, Puddings, Mousses, and Souffles.
Frozen Desserts.
Fruit Desserts.
Dessert Presentation.
Chocolate.
Decorative Work: Marzipan, Nougatine, and Pastillage.
Decorative Work: Sugar Techniques.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Indexes.

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World of Wine - Boxed Set

Author: Hugh Johnson

This luxury box-set includes two of the world's most successful and bestselling wine books by the two foremost wine writers on the subject. A truly incomparable set of books, and a unique and essential addition to every wine-lover's, historians or literary followerors library.

The World Atlas of Wine commands the position as the indispensable wine book for novice and expert alike thanks to its exceptional maps, the quality of its prose, and its well-timed revisions. Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson have teamed up to combine their unrivalled talents to produce this fifth edition, with an impressive collection of178 new and fully updated detailed maps.

Fifteen years ago Hugh Johnson wrote what is critically considered to be his "masterpiece" and a timeless classic of wine literature. The Story of Wine has been heralded as one of the most comprehensive and certainly one of the most enjoyable books on wine in any language.This second edition has been condensed, updated, and re-illustrated with a selection of new evocative photographs to bring the book up-to-date with the latest developments in the world of wine.

on Jancis Robinson - The Observer

"Our cleverest, most thoughtful wine writer."

Decanter, on Hugh Johnson - Colin Parnell

"No one quite has the same gift for encapsulating in a few brief paragraphs the essence of a wine region."

(USA) on Jancis Robinson - Wine Specator

"A writer of breathtaking clarity."

The Good Book Guide on The World Atlas of Wine

"The world's greatest success in wine publishing."

on The World Atlas of Wine - Decanter

"Wine Book of the Millennium."

Library Journal

Collection development librarians, rejoice. Updated versions of two classic wine books-The Story of Wine and The World Atlas of Wine-are now available in a boxed set. Johnson's newly illustrated edition of The Story of Wine is a broad, engaging survey of the history of wine and winemaking from ancient times to the 20th century. The fifth completely revised edition of Johnson and Robinson's The World Atlas of Wine offers readers a short introduction to wine growing and producing process before providing approximately 178 detailed maps and descriptions of individual wine regions throughout the world. Both Johnson (Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion) and Robinson (The Oxford Companion to Wine) are acknowledged experts on wine, and their enthusiasm for their subject shines through. Perhaps the only flaw in these otherwise exceptional titles is that some of the statistical data on wine production and consumption are not always as current as researchers might wish. Academic and public libraries, especially those that may not have older editions, will find The World of Wine to be an excellent addition to their collections.-John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.