Baking: From My Home to YoursDorie Greenspan has written recipes for the most eminent chefs in the world: Pierre Hermé, Daniel Boulud, and arguably the greatest of them all, Julia Child, who once told Dorie, "You write recipes just the way I do." Her recipe writing has won widespread praise for its literate curiosity and "patient but exuberant style." (One hard-boiled critic called it "a joy forever.") In Baking: From My Home to Yours, her masterwork, Dorie applies the lessons from three decades of experience to her first and real love: home baking. The 300 recipes will seduce a new generation of bakers, whether their favorite kitchen tools are a bowl and a whisk or a stand mixer and a baker's torch. Even the most homey of the recipes are very special. Dorie's favorite raisin swirl bread. Big spicy muffins from her stint as a baker in a famous New York City restaurant. French chocolate brownies (a Parisian pastry chef begged for the recipe). A dramatic black and white cake for a "wow" occasion. Pierre Hermé's extraordinary lemon tart. The generous helpings of background information, abundant stories, and hundreds of professional hints set Baking apart as a one-of-a-kind cookbook. And as if all of this weren't more than enough, Dorie has appended a fascinating minibook, A Dessertmaker's Glossary, with more than 100 entries, from why using one's fingers is often best, to how to buy the finest butter, to how the bundt pan got its name. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xii |
BREAKFAST SWEETS | 1 |
A CACHE OF COOKIES | 63 |
CAKES OF ALL KINDS | 175 |
Warm and Cold Fruity and Nutty Creamy and Crunchy | 295 |
Puddings Custards Crisps and Ice Creams | 379 |
Base Recipes | 437 |
A DESSERT MAKERS GLOSSARY OF INGREDIENTS TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES | 471 |
INDEX | 495 |
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