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Suas began baking at age 14 in Brittany, France. [1] At age 21 he became head pastry chef at Barrier, a Michelin Guide three-star restaurant in Tours, France. [1] Several years later Suas and his wife immigrated to the United States and toured the country in a Volkswagen van, ending up in San Francisco in 1987, which was in the midst of a "bread revolution". [2]
Baker percentage. Baker's percentage is a notation method indicating the proportion of an ingredient relative to the flour used in a recipe when making breads, cakes, muffins, and other baked goods. [1][2][3][4] It is also referred to as baker's math, [5][6] and may be indicated by a phrase such as based on flour weight. [1][7] It is sometimes ...
Baking with Julia is an American television cooking program produced by Julia Child and the name of the book which accompanied the series. Each episode featured one pastry chef or baker who demonstrates professional techniques that can be performed in a home kitchen. It was taped primarily in Child's Cambridge, Massachusetts house (Julia Child ...
Pastry refers to a variety of doughs (often enriched with fat or eggs), as well as the sweet and savoury baked goods made from them. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] These goods are often called pastries as a synecdoche, and the dough may be accordingly called pastry dough for clarity. [ 4 ] Sweetened pastries are often described as bakers' confectionery.
Baguette. A baguette (/ bæˈɡɛt /; French: [baɡɛt] ⓘ) is a long, thin type of bread of French origin [3] that is commonly made from basic lean dough (the dough, not the shape, is defined by French law). [4] It is distinguishable by its length and crisp crust. A baguette has a diameter of about 5 to 6 cm (2– 2⁄ in) and a usual length ...
Brioche. Brioche (/ ˈbriːoʊʃ /, also UK: / ˈbriːɒʃ, briːˈɒʃ /, [1] US: / briːˈoʊʃ, ˈbriːɔːʃ, briːˈɔːʃ /, [2][3][4] French: [bʁijɔʃ]) is a pastry of French origin whose high egg and butter content gives it a rich and tender crumb. The chef Joël Robuchon described it as "light and slightly puffy, more or less fine ...
Pastry chef. A pastry chef or pâtissier (pronounced [pɑ.ti.sje]; feminine pâtissière, pronounced [pɑ.ti.sjɛʁ]) is a station chef in a professional kitchen, skilled in the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods. They are employed in large hotels, bistros, restaurants, bakeries, by caterers, and some cafés.
List of pastries. Pastries are small buns made using a stiff dough enriched with fat. Some dishes, such as pies, are made of a pastry casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients. The five basic types of pastry dough (a food that combines flour and fat) are shortcrust pastry, filo pastry, choux ...