Baking is defined as cooking food in an enclosed space, usually an oven, with dry heat. Over time the term baking has come to encompass those items made with flour i.e. breads, cakes, cookies, etc. The term 'roasting' is used when cooking meat and poultry.  Some countries, such as France, have further divided baking into "breads" and "sweet and savory pastries". Boulangerie, in French, means baker. It is the place where breads are manufactured and sold. The name Pâtisserie refers not only to sweet or savory pastries and cakes and the art of the pastry cook, but also to the establishment where they are made and sold. The Pâtissier, or pastry cook, makes hot and cold sweet things and this includes sweet and savory pastries, cakes, sugar and chocolate work (confectionery).

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