The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef Hardcover

Bo Friberg

Up-to-date, advanced techniques for the professional pastry chef and serious home baker The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef brings up-to-date coverage of the latest baking and pastry techniques to a new generation of pastry chefs and serious home bakers. This book covers advanced material and - like chef Bo's classic The Professional Pastry Chef: Fundamentals of Baking and Pastry, Fourth Edition - contains contemporary information to meet the needs of today's pastry kitchen. This volume contains nearly 500 recipes, which emphasize the techniques and presentations offered in top restaurants and bakeshops today. Topics covered in depth include:* Decorated cakes* Modernist desserts* Wedding cakes and holiday favorites* Sugar work* Marzipan figures* Chocolate decorationsIllustrated step-by-step instructions demystify even the most complex techniques and preparations, while over 100 vivid color photographs bring finished dishes to life.

English

John Wiley And Sons Ltd

10 March 2003

864

BO FRIBERG is a Certified Master Pastry Chef with over forty years of experience in the industry. He has received numerous awards and honors, including two gold medals on two occasions at the Culinary Arts Exhibit of the Pacific Coast. Currently, he is Executive Pastry Chef and an instructor at the San Diego Culinary Institute.