Cookbooks, cooking reads, and books about food
Blurb: Cook up some delicious, down-home goodness with this cookbook of more than seventy-five sweet and savory recipes from Brian Emmett, grand prize winner of CBS’s The American Baking Competition. In 2013, Brian Emmett burst onto the culinary scene with his charm, confidence, and superior …
Book Blurb: The classic American treat finally gets its due: foolproof pudding recipes, from irresistible standards to inventive modern twists, by the chef and owner of New York City’s popular pudding destination. Puddin’ shares Clio Goodman’s secrets for re-creating—and improving on—your sweetest childhood memories. From …
Blurb: Forget everything you’ve heard about baking gluten-free bread. The revolutionary Gluten-Free on a Shoestring Bakes Bread gives you 100 recipes to satiate your crispy, crunchy, and doughy cravings, gluten-freely and on a shoestring budget. Ours is a bread-obsessed culture. Whether we’re eating it at …
Junior’s restaurants in New York are known for great food and delicious cheesecakes. Junior’s Dessert Cookbook contains 75 recipes including their famous cheesecakes, layered cakes, and pies. The chapter on the basics includes sauces, buttercreams, and decorations for the different desserts. And if you become …
Another good read from Bullock-Prado, even with all the mistakes. (Read the review to get the link for the publisher’s errata). An edited version of her Scraps Tartlets is also here. After reading Sugar Baby (see the review here), I was excited to read …
I’ve reviewed Get Started: Baking for the Pastry Sampler blog. Get Started: Baking is a solid baking book with basic fundamental recipes found in any recipe box. But what makes this book especially useful for beginners is that the ‘whys’ for successful baking are explained …
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook: Blending Old-Fashioned Fun and Modern Desserts What do you get when you combine old-fashioned baked goods in a fun retro location? You get Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, GA. The owners, Cheryl and Griffith Day shared …
Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson. Julie Richardson brings old recipes to new life in her book Vintage Cakes. Her re-discovered treasure trove of old recipes left by the previous occupants of her Baker and Spice Bakery in Portland, OR, was put to use, as …
The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy. My latest find at the library’s ‘Friends of the Library’ store – an older cookie recipe book from the sixties. The Art of Making Good Cookies Plain and Fancy (Annette Laslett Ross and Jean Adams Disney, …
The ABC of Desserts Originally published in 1958, there are 64 different recipes covering classics such as Vienna Sacher Torte to recipes that seem modern even today like the Strawberries a la Tsarina. The ABC of Cookies As with The ABC of Desserts, recipes are …