 | Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes by Jeffrey Hamelman
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $17.60 This is probably the best breadbaking book around and at a very good price too.
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 | The Taste of Bread by Raymond Calvel
Buy new: $70.20 / Used from: $85.49 The king of breadbooks. If you cannot afford it by 'BREAD' by Hamelman.
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 | Special and Decorative Breads: Traditional, Regional and Special Breads, Fancy Breads - Viennese Pasteries - Croissants, Brioches - Decorative Breads - Presentation Pieces by Alain Couet
Buy used from: $165.00 A great variety of products, including the most comprehensive chapter on croissants I have ever read.
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 | Special and Decorative Breads (The Professional French Pastry Series, Vol 3)
Buy used from: $85.00 It has some of the best methods for making bread and getting the most flavor out of it.
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 | Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur by Nancy Silverton
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $7.50 One of the first and best books on sourdough. Unfortunately it has no metric system or Celsius temperatures.
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 | Doughs, Batters, and Meringues (French Professional Pastry Series) by Roland Bilheux
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $39.98 It was and probably still is the best teaching and apprentice manual for the pastry art.This goes for the whole series.
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 | Creams, Confections, and Finished Desserts (French Professional Pastry Series) by Roland Bilheux
Buy new: $53.35 / Used from: $39.98 |
 | Petits Fours, Chocolate, Frozen Desserts, and Sugar Work (French Professional Pastry Series) by Roland Bilheux
Buy new: $54.00 / Used from: $39.00 |
 | French Professional Pastry Series : Decorations, Borders and Letters, Marzipan, Modern Desserts by Roland Bilheux
Buy used from: $89.05 |
 | Michel Roux's Finest Desserts by Michel Roux
Buy used from: $104.04 A real treasure chest of pastries and really excellent recipes. A great price too.
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 | Pastry: Savory and Sweet by Michel Roux
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.73 Another great book from one of the most famous pastry chefs.
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 | Chocolate Decorations by Jean-Pierre Wybauw
Buy new: $59.85 / Used from: $60.56 The only book dedicated wholy on chocolate decorations. And a great one at that.
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 | Fine Chocolates: Great Experience by Jean-Pierre Wybauw
Buy used from: $145.30 A masterclass in chocolate and candymaking.
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 | Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner by Peter P. Greweling
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $35.62 Probably the best chocolate and confectionery book around.
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 | Making Artisan Chocolates by Andrew Garrison Shotts
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $15.59 A very good book at a great price.
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 | Local Breads: Sourdough and Whole-Grain Recipes from Europe's Best Artisan Bakers by Daniel Leader
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $11.50 A worthy book dealing with traditional and sourdough baking in Europe. See my review.
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 | Paris Boulangerie-Patisserie: Recipes from Thirteen Outstanding French Bakeries by Linda Dannenberg
Buy used from: $22.32 Not a strictly professional book, but it has great recipes and the ability to "fly" you to Paris while reading it.
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 | Advanced Bread and Pastry by Michel Suas
Buy new: $62.01 / Used from: $62.65 The best overall bread and pastry book.
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 | Gary Rhodes Sweet Dreams by Gary Rhodes
Buy used from: $2.18 |
 | Fine Chocolates 2: Ganache: Great Ganache Experience by Jean-Pierre Wybauw
Buy new: $62.37 / Used from: $61.32 |
 | Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes, and Confections for Everyone by Francois Payard
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $3.96 A quality book, packed with recipes and information. See my review.
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 | Eric Kayser's Sweet and Savory Tarts by Eric Kayser
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $9.61 A great book featuring rich, hearty, rustique tarts and quiches, but with a faulty translation of the volume measurements. See my review.
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 | Bakery Questions Answered by Albert R. Daniel
A great book, even though it is out of print for many years. If you can find it don't hesitate to get it.
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| The Student's Technology of Breadmaking and Flour Confectionery by W. J. Fance
Buy used from: $19.99 A very good book for the bakery student. It deals with the hows and the whys of baking.
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 | Chocolate (v. 1) by Paule Cuvelier
Buy new: $22.76 / Used from: $8.34 A beautiful piece of work, not confined strictly to recipes but including history, taste and parings for chocolate. The recipes are very good but use only the Metric weights. As with all Flammarion titles the volume measurements are faulty.
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| The New International Confectioner: Confectionery, Cakes, Pastries, Desserts, and Ices, Savouries by Wilfred J. Fance
Buy used from: $64.99 It may be old and out of print, but it is still one of the best books around, with hundreds of recipes.
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 | Frozen Desserts by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
Buy new: $37.80 / Used from: $34.95 An outstanding book, full of recipes and information as well as great photographs at a very good price.
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 | Pastries (Eurodelices) by Daniel Rouche
Buy used from: $20.66 An exceptional book, featuring top European pastry chefs with hundreds of recipes and even more photographs.
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 | Desserts (Eurodelices) by Daniel Rouche
Buy used from: $17.10 I don't go much for plated desserts, but this book is of excellent quality, full of recipes and photographs.
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 | The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens by Daniel Wing
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $21.91 A unique book with a lot of information on building traditional ovens and baking traditional bread.
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 | The Art of Handmade Bread: Contemporary European Recipes for the Home Baker by Dan Lepard
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $8.55 |
| The Classic and Contemporary Recipes of Yves Thurie's Modern Frence Pastry (Hospitality, Travel & Tourism) by Yves Thuries
Buy used from: $103.00 A hefty tome, that includes all the basics of French pastry, it has hundreds of recipes, gloss pages and the quality guarantee of the master.
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 | Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $20.96 / Used from: $16.78 A beautiful book, full of photos and it pays great attention to detail and to the science of cake making.
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 | The Cake Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
Buy new: $25.20 / Used from: $11.00 Still in print after all these years this is one of the most 'scientific' cake books, paying great attention to the hows and the whys of cake making.
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