A visit to Baker and Spice, the internationally acclaimed bakery in London's Knightsbridge area, is a must for anyone who loves good food. Everything is hand-made by bakers working on the premises, using the finest ingredients and traditional methods. Full-flavored rustic breads are baked in the original steam-generating ovens. Delectable pastries are made in the modern ovens in the back. There are butter-rich brioches and croissants, cookies of all kinds, muffins, cheesecake brownies, fabulous huge meringues that melt in the mouth, chocolate mousse cake, and so much more. Baker and Spice Baking with Passion includes recipes for all of these fabulous breads, pastries, and cakes. Replicate the steam-injection used in the bakery. Discover that working with wetter doughs and using gentle kneading produces better bread. Learn the secrets of traditional "old school" French baking. Appreciate the importance of using the very best ingredients to make cakes that need no "dressing up". All of the recipes have been tested in a domestic kitchen using non-professional ovens and equipment. Complicated procedures are clearly and thoroughly presented, many with step-by-step photographs. Beautiful color photographs of the finished result whet the appetite and inspire the reader to get baking.
| ||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Dan Lepard is an award-winning baker, food writer and photographer. His books include Baking With Passion, The Handmade Loaf (author and photographer) and, as a contributor, The Cook's Book and the Dictionnaire Universel du Pain. His other photography credits include Hawksmoor at Home and Made in Italy. Dan also writes for the BBC and Sainsbury's Magazine and his irresistible weekly column in the Guardian Weekend magazine has brought him a huge and loyal following.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
10 Stars if I Could!,
By "redhamlet" (Natick, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Baking with Passion (Hardcover)
Buy this book now! Even if you never make any of the recipes, the pictures and layout are worth the price.If you're a novice baker, this isn't the book for you. Some of the recipes are a bit involved. You must, must make the Kranz Cake, even if it does demand an overnight rest of the dough... Bear in mind this is a British book, so you'll need a set of scales as well as a Fahrenheit/Celsius conversion to make anything from the book (unless this edition is already converted - I got my copy in the UK).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great--if you are a really accomplished baker,
By
This review is from: Baking with Passion (Hardcover)
I am a somewhat intermediate baker and have had a LOT of difficulty with these recipes. The chocolate genoise, for example, despite two attempts failed. I consulted another source as to the method some important steps were left out. I have found that unless you can "read between the lines" and automatically know how to do the more difficult things, then you are going to have little success with this book. It is, however, beautifu and inspiring and I've enjoyed reading it and getting ideas--the chocolate topping for the genoise is DIVINE, as is the caramel/chocolate tart/shortbread.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
review of baking with passion,
By
This review is from: Baking with Passion (Hardcover)
Fantastic book. Worth the price just for the sourdough recipes which really work. (San Francisco sourdough makes incredible bruschetta).
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
There are millions of microscopic yeast spores in the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
There are millions of microscopic yeast spores in the air. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 2
books:
- Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook: Over 500 Recipes, Advice and Kitchen Know-How by Alastair Little in Back Flap
- Food of the Sun by Alistair Little in Back Flap
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
