Chocolates and Confections

The comprehensive guide to chocolate and candy making for professionals and serious home cooks Chocolate and candy making is more popular and accessible than it has ever been. This book combines artisan confectionery techniques with straightforward explanations of the theory, science, and formulas at work. Fundamental information includes ingredient function and use, chocolate processing, and artisan production techniques. Professionals and home enthusiasts will find formulas and variations for gorgeous and delectable confections including dairy-based centers, crystalline and non-crystalline sugar confectionery, jellies, nut centers, and aerated confections. Expanding on the award-winning first edition, this new revision provides the same comprehensive content, foolproof formulas, and step-by-step instructions readers expect, along with the very latest information and guidelines. Revised to include 30 percent new recipes and formulas, more than 250 photos, and 27 illustrations Features new sections on opening a professional bakeshop, packaging and marketing, and American-style layered candy bars Written by Certified Master Baker Peter Greweling, one of the world's top names in confections, and author of Chocolates and Confections at Home with The Culinary Institute of America, from WileyAuthor BiographyPeter P. Greweling is a professor of baking and pastryarts at The Culinary Institute of America and is a Certified MasterBaker (CMB) and Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE). Prior to his20-plus-year teaching career, Chef Greweling worked as a pastrychef at numerous restaurants and hotels in the New York Citymetropolitan area. A graduate of the New England CulinaryInstitute, he has further education in confectionery technologyfrom the RCA, IFT, RCI, and Richardson Researches. Chef Grewelinghas published articles in Manufacturing Confectionermagazine, presented numerous times at the Philadelphia Candy Show,and is the author of Chocolates and Confections at Home with theCulinary Institute of Americaca. Founded in 1946, The Culinary Institute of America is anindependent, not-for-profit college offering bachelor's andassociate degrees in culinary arts and baking and pastry arts, aswell as certificate programs in Latin cuisines and wine andbeverage studies. A network of more than 44,000 alumni has helpedthe CIA earn its reputation as the world's premier culinarycollege. The CIA, which also offers courses for professionals andfood enthusiasts, as well as consulting services for thefoodservice and hospitality industry, has campuses in Hyde Park,New York; St. Helena, California; San Antonio, Texas; andSingapore.