Garde Manger or Making Gingerbread Houses

Garde Manger: The Art and Craft of the Cold Kitchen

Author: The Culinary Institute of America CIA

The leading guide to the professional kitchen's cold food station, now fully revised and updated

Garde Manger is one of the most important courses culinary students take—and it's often the first kitchen station that a new chef will encounter. This definitive guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest garde manger trends, techniques, and flavors, including new information on topics such as brining ratios, fermented sausages, micro greens, artisanal American cheeses, tapas menus, "action" buffet stations, and ice carving. With over 540 recipes, including 100 created new for this edition, and more than 340 all-new photographs illustrating step-by-step techniques and finished dishes, this new edition of Garde Manger is an indispensable reference for culinary students and working chefs everywhere.

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Making Gingerbread Houses: Dozens of Delectable Designs and Ideas (Weekend Crafter Series)

Author: Veronika Alice Gunter

These delectable and delightful gingerbread houses look elaborate, but thanks to a team of talented chefs and designers, every one is simple enough for a beginner to make. Develop the skills on a standard house; the instructions explain all the basics: recipes, creating patterns, assembling the pieces, and decorating it beautifully. Then get creative with 17 exceptional designs, including traditional Christmas fare to fulfill every crafter’s dream of making a holiday-themed gingerbread house, plus other surprises. Among the most unique: Dorothy’s House Lands in Oz, complete with a yellow brick road. A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.

Library Journal

Clever ideas for holiday crafts are always welcome at this time of year. Gingerbread houses are now made for competitions, with all sorts of edible goodies being fair game as construction materials. Gunter's houses and other buildings, including an igloo, all have a baked gingerbread base with step-by-step instructions for adding candy, icing, pretzels, etc. Enlargeable templates for baked pieces are included. Continuing the Christmas feeling, 300 Ways is a collection of crafts, songs, and recipes from nine of Sterling's previous titles, including Christmas Naturals and A Crafter's Book of Santas. The contents are similar to Natasha Tabori Fried and Lena Tabori's The Christmas Almanac and include wreaths and more gingerbread buildings. Both books are good for Christmas crafts collections needing new material. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.