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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 641.815 EAN: 9780936184753 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0936184752 Label: America's Test Kitchen Manufacturer: America's Test Kitchen Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 528 Publication Date: 2004-03 Publisher: America's Test Kitchen Studio: America's Test Kitchen Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The mysteries of cream of tartar revealed! How to make maximum use of blackening bananas! The hidden meaning of folding in dry ingredients until just blended! Perfect pie crusts for perfect fools! It's all here in Baking Illustrated, from banana bread to pecan bars, and everything imaginable in between--500-plus pages of densely packed, illustration rich, photo finished information all devoted to baking. Tools, techniques, ingredients, tips, and perfect, tested recipes. There's cooking and there's baking, and the two should never be confused. Good cooks are ever commendable. Good bakers, on the other hand, have something about them bigger than skill or imagination, something that reaches back to the beginning of agriculture and the first inklings of civilization. Good bakers are their own mystic society. So hats off to Cook's Illustrated for throwing open the doors and sharing the mysteries with the rest of us. Baking Illustrated absolutely has it all. You'll find chapters devoted to "Quick Breads, Muffins, Biscuits, and Scones"; "Yeast Breads and Rolls"; "Pizza, Focaccia, and Flatbread"; "Pies and Tarts"; "Pastry"; "Crisps, Cobblers, and Other Fruit Desserts"; "Cakes"; and "Cookies, Brownies, and Bar Cookies". No mean undertaking, all that. Tools are tested and names are named. Techniques are stripped back then rebuilt. Cook's Illustrated carries all this off with a style and relish for inquiry and detail that sets a standard. Nothing is taken for granted because there's no fudge room with baking. It works or it doesn't. So trust is a big issue. And the end result of all the mighty labors of the Cooks Illustrated staff is text you can trust. This is a baking book that works. And those blackening bananas? Simply keep adding them to a Ziplock bag you store in the freezer, then use them when you wish and as you like. --Schuyler Ingle Product Description: The practical kitchen companion for the home baker with 350 recipes you can trust. Drawing from more than 10 years baking experience and exhaustive equipment and ingredient testing Baking Illustrated is packed with over 500 pages of sweet and savoury recipes including breads, pizza, cookies, cakes, pies and tarts. There are home classics, contemporary favourites and European baked goods. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A must have for the home bakerThis book has probably the most recipes that I use over and over again. I know that many true "pastry chefs" cringe at the thought of America's Test Kitchen because of their non-traditional methods and/or ingredients, but it always ends up coming down to one thing for me - their recipes work. They are reproducible and have been lab tested for a taste and texture that mostly I agree with. I don't need a 3 star Michelin chef telling me what's good - good pastry is what tastes good to me. ... Read More Rating:  - bakingthe person i bought this for loved it i hand delivered it to Shanghai China for their use there Rating: - Excellent RecipesThe Devil's Food cupcakes and Blueberry muffin recipe is the best I've ever made or purchased. If there are a few more recipes that turn out as well, this book is well worth it. Rating: - LOTS of recipesThis cookbook is fabulous if you love to bake. I can't think of one recipe I've wanted to try and wasn't able to find it in this book. The whole reason I bought this book is because a friend made homemade blueberry muffins from a recipe in this book and they were the best I've ever had. Another recipe I go back to at least once a month is for Buttermilk Biscuits. Delicious! There is lots of information other than recipes - guides and diagrams on how to do things (cut/slice, etc.), ... Read More Rating: - LOVE IT!!! Can't Get Enough of this Book!That's how good it is! All the stuff that I've been trying to look for is all here! I just borrowed it from the library and kept renewing it over and over again. Hahaha!! I tried a bunch of recipes in this book. The carrot cake at first threw me off the loop. But, the second time I tried it, I whipped the eggs and sugars until it became light and fluffy and it came out perfect! I even added some chopped pineapple to it and chopped toasted pecans and it came out beautifully. To die for Sour cream fudge ... Read More |
