Chef (baking)
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A chef is type of bread starter. It is a piece of dough taken from a previous batch used to inoculate a new dough with yeasts and Lactobacilli.[1] The term chef is French. It may also be called chief or head.
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- ^ Reinhart, Peter (1998). Crust & crumb: master formulas for serious bread bakers. Ten Speed Press. p. 79. ISBN 1580080030. http://books.google.com/books?id=H-WRU06X-4kC&pg=RA1-PA79&dq=Chef+bread+starter&hl=en&ei=0tJjTP3ZCISdlgfF_c2DAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Chef%20&f=false.
