How Baking Works: Exploring the Fundamentals of Baking Science

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An up-to-date, comprehensive guide to understanding and applying food science to the bakeshop. The essence of baking is chemistry, and anyone who wants to be a master pastry chef must understand the principles and science that make baking work. This book explains the whys and hows of every chemical reaction, essential ingredient, and technique, revealing the complex mysteries of bread loaves, pastries, and everything in between. Among other additions, How Baking Works, Third Edition includes an all-new chapter on baking for health and wellness, with detailed information on using whole grains, allergy-free baking, and reducing salt, sugar, and fat in a variety of baked goods. This detailed and informative guide features: An introduction to the major ingredient groups, including sweeteners, fats, milk, and leavening agents, and how each affects finished baked goods Practical exercises and experiments that vividly illustrate how different ingredients function Photographs and illustrations that show the science of baking at work End-of-chapter discussion and review questions that reinforce key concepts and test learning For both practicing and future bakers and pastry chefs, How Baking Works, Third Edition offers an unrivaled hands-on learning experience. Review: Filled a gap in my knowledge wonderfully! - Highly recommended for anyone studying bakery at NVQ Level in the UK or on a first year Undergraduate degree in any form of Food Technology or Nutrition. Also recommended for any home bakers who want to improve their cakes and breads or maybe want to work with ingredient substitutes but aren't sure how things will work out. There are recipes to try out and experiment with, and score tables to asses how things have gone when compared with other recipes. I was looking into fat replaces in cakes for MSc Food Nutrition and it was a wonderful source of information with regards to the various types of fats used in the home and in mass production. It's a large book, and over an inch thick so one to read before baking if you're short on space. I'd keep it between two hard back books as it's soft back. A wonderful surprise to find such a useful book, I will use every page. Review: Fast Delivery - fast delivery. came as expected. very good quality