The Complete Step-by-Step Baking Cookbook is an invaluable cooking companion, including a large section with invaluable baking advice and information, from essential ingredients and equipments to basic techniques - such as how to 'bake blind'. It also includes basic recipes for standard pastries, meringue and icing, along with a handy conversions chart. For at-a-glance help, the 'Culinary Terms Explained' reminds you of the difference between 'creaming' and 'folding', for instance.