[Sca-cooks] Art and Science of Baking

Avraham haRofeh goldberg at bestweb.net
Wed Sep 18 15:45:01 PDT 2002


> Ok, I know that the medical profession has a different definition of
> science, but baking _bread_ is something you can't do by just following a
> recipe exactly... which is what most people think of when they hear
> 'science'.

You have a point. I suppose we should distinguish between the art of the
boulanger (the bread-maker) and the science of the patissier (the
confectioner or pastry-maker). English doesn't separate them as clearly.

Avraham

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