The Art of French Pastry: A Cookbook
by Pfeiffer, Jacquy; Shulman, Martha Rose
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 030795935X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307959355
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Jacquy Pfeiffer 's career began with an apprenticeship in Strasbourg, Alsace, at the famous Jean Clauss Pâtisserie. In 1995, Pfeiffer cofounded the French Pastry School in Chicago with Chef Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F., where their team is devoted to imparting excellence. Pfeiffer has participated in many of the world’s most prestigious pastry competitions, placing in the World Chocolate Masters in Paris in 1996 and at the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon, France, in both 1995 and 1997. He was named one of the Top Ten Pastry Chefs in America by Chocolatier and Pastry Art & Design for two consecutive years and was inducted into the Académie Culinaire de France in 2003. In 2009, Pfeiffer was featured in Kings of Pastry, a documentary by internationally acclaimed filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Shortly after, he was inducted into Dessert Professional ’s Pastry Hall of Fame and the Chicago Culinary Museum’s Chefs Hall of Fame. Today, Pfeiffer is the Academic Dean for Student Affairs at the French Pastry School, widely considered one of the leading pastry institutions in the world. Martha Rose Shulman is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five cookbooks, including The Very Best of Recipes for Health , Mediterranean Harvest: Vegetarian Recipes from the World’s Healthiest Cuisine , Mediterranean Light , Provençal Light , and Entertaining Light . She writes the daily Recipes for Health column for the online New York Times , is a founding contributor of the website Zester Daily, and is the co-owner of the Venice Cooking School in Los Angeles. She has coauthored books with pastry chef Sherry Yard, Wolfgang Puck, Dean Ornish, and Mark Peel, and has collaborated with the Culinary Institute of America on two books, Culinary Boot Camp and Spain and the World Table . Learn more about Martha at martha-rose-shulman.com.
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- Bookseller
- skylarkerbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034137
- Title
- The Art of French Pastry: A Cookbook
- Author
- Pfeiffer, Jacquy; Shulman, Martha Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1ST
- ISBN 10
- 030795935X
- ISBN 13
- 9780307959355
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Ja
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