Paris Boulangerie-Patisserie: Recipes from Thirteen Outstanding French Bakeries
Recipes from 13 outstanding French bakeries present excellent professional pastries and breads which are not to be easily found in competing French or bread cookbooks. This goes beyond mere recipe presentation, providing an overview of each establishment, its proprietor, and numerous color photos of winning desserts and dishes. Most require degrees of preparation ranging from involved to very involved; but the end result will please discriminating cooks who cook for pleasure.  --Midwest Book Review--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.