Book Info enlarge picture On Baking : A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals   Author: ISBN: 0135336473 Format: Publish Date:                  Book Review For courses in Introduction to Baking and Baking and Pastry Fundamentals. Following the successful approach developed with Labensky's On Cooking, 3/e, On Baking is a carefully designed text intended to teach both the principles and practice of baking and the pastry arts. The focus of the book is the underlying baking principles and skills necessary to produce a wide array of baked goods and confections.