Download or read book The International Dictionary of Desserts, Pastries, and Confections written by Carole Bloom and published by Hearst Communications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable A-to-Z culinary guide includes more than 800 definitions and 75 classic recipes for everything from Cheesecake to Churros, Financiers to Filo Dough, and Seven-Minute Icing to Semifreddo. Handy charts and appendices include tables of weight and measurement equivalents, conversions to and from metric, temperature equivalents and comparative baking pan sizes.