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Amy' s Bread 

By Amy Scherber and Toy Kim Dupree

An instructive, yet sophisticated, guide on the process of bread-baking includes step-by-step technique photographs for beginners, as well as intriguing new recipes for professionals of the trade.

The Art of Chocolate: Techniques & Recipes for Simply Spectacular Desserts & Confections 
by Elaine Gonzalez and Frankie Frankeny

 

The book includes cakes, desserts and confections. Gonzales creates chocolate leaves, flours, cups, baskets, and boxes. It's for chocolate lovers of an artistic bent.

America's Bread Book : 300 Authentic Recipes for America's Favorite
Homemade Breads, Collected on a 65,000-Mile Journey Through the Fifty
United States 

by Mary Gubser 
From coast to coast, and Alaska and Hawaii, come these recipes for delicious breads which Gubser gathered from housewives and bakeshops, millers and farmers, cooks and chefs and friends on a 65,000-mile journey through all 50 states. The book covers the basics of bread making plus specifics on everything from croissants to braided challah. Illustrated. 
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The Baker's Trade : A Recipe for Creating the Successful Small Bakery 

By Zachary Y. Schat

The author shares tips and techniques of his trade based on six successful years of bringing back a failing business. This guide is packed with practical tips. 

Baking Technology : Breadmaking 
by Wulf Doerry 
 This is a bread making guide for the professional.

Baba a Louis Bakery Bread Book : The Secret Book of the Bread 
by John McLure and Edward Epstein 

 

A bakery reveals its bread recipes. Easy to read. A book for everyone.

Book of Tarts : Form, Function, and Flavor at the City 
by Maury Rubin 
The book contains forty seasonal creations from the City Bakery. The country's most innovative pastry chef combines traditional French pastry with American imagination and uncomplicated recipes complemented by dazzling photographs.

The Bread Builders : Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens 
by Alan Scott and Daniel Wing 

This book is written by a trained scientist and physician His research made it possible to find technical information on sour doughs and ovens.

Bread Alone : Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands
by Daniel Leader, Judith Blahnik 

and Patricia Wells 

An innovative book that gives new life to the ancient processes of bread-making offers 88 superb recipes for organic handmade breads, including traditional wheat breads and inventive variations. 35,000 first printing.

Baked Goods Freshness 
by Ronald E. Hebeda and  Henry F. Zobel 
This practical reference offers for the first time in a wide-ranging, single-source volume comprehensive coverage of the staling process that occurs upon aging in baked goods, covering in detail the technologies. This is a book for the professional industrial baker.

Baking Bread : Old and New Traditions 
by Beth Hensperger, Joyce Oudkerk Pool and Beth Henspergers 
This practical guide to baking features over 100 easy-to-follow recipes for every taste and occasion. Country breads, picnic breads, dinner rolls, brioches, waffles, holiday breads, and many more. Full-color photographs. 

Baking With Julia : Based on the Pbs Series Hosted by Julia Child 
by Dorie Greenspan, Julia Child, and  Greenspan Dorie 

The book features the creations of 26 top bakers. All are artists with flour, eggs, butter, and the other ingredients of their craft. 

The Best Bread Ever : Great Homemade Bread Using Your Food Processor 
by Charles Van Over, Priscilla Martel, Charles Van Over and Jacques Pepin 
Van Over reveals the secrets of his innovative bread-making techniques. Home-bakers will learn step by step how to make great bread, from which flours and yeasts to use to converting the home oven into a hearth similar to those found in professional bakeries. 75 recipes & color photos.  

The Baker's Manual 
by Joseph Amendola 
A baking manual for the professional baker

Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book of Breads 
by Bernard, Jr. Clayton 
A comprehensive baker's guide features classic and new recipes for breads including Honey-Lemon, Walnut, and other wheat breads; sourdough and corn breads; breads flavored with herbs and spices; and old-fashioned ""little breads"" such as biscuits and popovers. 

Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Small Breads : More Than 100 Recipes for Rolls, Buns, Biscuits, Flatbreads, Muffins, and Other Small Breads from around the World

by Bernard, Jr.  Clayton

From the best-selling author of "The New Complete Book of Breads" comes this round-the-world celebration of small breads -- including rolls, buns, biscuits, bagels, bialys, flatbreads, muffins, and other delicious treats. 100 plus recipes. 30 line drawings. National author publicity.
Baking Bread at Home : Traditional Recipes from Around the World 
by Tom Jaine and Jacqui Hurst
Easy to follow recipes from around the world.

Baking: The Art and Science 
by Claus, Schunemann, Gunter Treu,  and Christina Ackerman 
This book covers all aspects of baking in the professional bakery.

The Bakeshop Trouble Shooter 
by A. J. Vander Voort 
A trouble shooting guide for bakeries.

Bakery Technology and Engineering 
by Samuel A. Matz 
Thorough information on the materials of baking, formulas and processes, equipment and engineering, and other technical considerations--preservation methods, computerization in plant and laboratory, sanitation and safety. The first edition appeared in 1960, the second in 1972. For chemists and bakery engineers, and also for technical, marketing, and administrative personnel in related industries. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. 

Bread Alone : Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands 
by Daniel Leader, Judith Blahnik, and  Patricia Wells
An innovative cookbook that revitalizes the ancient tradition of bread baking, using only the finest organic nuts, fruits, and stone-ground grains. 88 fool-proof recipes, including Lemon Anise Tea Loaf, Country-Style Health Loaf, and San Francisco Sourdough. Full-color photos.

Bread for All Seasons; Delicious and Distinctive Recipes for Year-Round Baking 
by Beth Hensperger and Victoria Pearsons 
Toasted Pine Nut Adobe Bread. Saffron-Currant Buns. Wild Rice Country Rolls. The book includes over 80 recipes for  homemade breads. Inspired by a wide range of international traditions and enhanced by fresh, seasonal ingredients, this stunningly illustrated cookbook brings the joys of baking bread to your kitchen.

The Bread Bible : Beth Hensperger's 300 Favorite Recipes 
by Beth Hensperger and Harry Bates
 The Bread Bible contains 300 recipes. Her Bible features simple, basic breads, such as White Mountain Bread, French Bread, and an Old-Fashioned 100 Percent Whole-Wheat Bread, as well as fancier breads such as Brown Rice Bread with Dutch Crunch Topping and a tangy Anadama Bread with Tillamook Cheddar Cheese. Not forgotten are scones, biscuits, pizzas, croissants, waffles, muffins--and even coffee cakes.

Breads of the Southwest : Recipes in the Native American, Spanish, and
Mexican Traditions
 
by Beth Hensperger and Laurie Smith 
Extensive collection of recipes of the Native American, Spanish, and Mexican tradition. Recipes include names such as Taos Pumpkin Bread, Mexican Morning Buns, Three Kings Bread Ring and Blue Corn Bread with Pecans, Pumpkin-Cinnamon Rolls, Anise Egg Bread and Cornmeal Pueblo Bread with Walnuts, Pancakes, Waffles, Biscuits, Scones and many more.
Brother Juniper's Bread Book : Slow Rise As Method and Metaphor 
by Peter, Br. Reinhart and M. F. K. Fisher 
His inventive breads--Struan, Wild-rice Goat Ricotta, Chive, Cajun Three-Pepper, Tex-Mex Cumin etc.  "A fascinating collection of recipes and anecdotal recipes, rich with humor, warmth, and love."--The Philadelphia Daily News. 

NEW PUBLICATION

"A Sample Business Plan for Pastry Chefs, Confectioners, and Bakers.”

A publication for existing and new businesses! By F. Bliedung, CAIMA

 

We provide up to one hour free email support.

You my contact us for advice via email for up to one month from the time of the shipping dates. The publication contains an actual business plan, financial projections, statistical information, a marketing program and various forms and business plan checklists. The publication is designed for bakeries, pastry, chocolate, confectionery shops or similar retail and wholesale businesses.

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