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Fearless Baking: Over 100 Recipes That Anyone Can Make

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Organized by technique (Just Stir and Bake, Rolled Crusts for Pies and Tarts, Baking with Chocolate), "Washington Post" food columnist and cookbook author ("Bake and Freeze Desserts") Elinor Klivans' "Fearless Baking" promises good results for the least experienced.

Each recipe begins with "baking answers," anticipating problems and questions and explaining the why behind the directions, then continues with clear, detailed, step-by-step instructions, along with do-ahead hints and storage requirements. The preface includes a baking glossary, utensil and pantry lists and a primer on techniques.

There are savories among the sweets (green tomato and cornmeal pecan crisp; lemon, sage, parsley and thyme cheesecake), cookies, cakes, breads and, of course, the perfect pie crust every time. Klivans' precision and clarity is inspiring and reassuring and the range of recipes offers plenty for the veteran baker as well as the novice.

Eleanor Klivans has written some of the best dessert cookbooks that I have seen. My husband who never baked before these books has become the best pastry chef I know. Everyone wants his recipes and they are ALL from the previous books of Eleanor Klivans. This new book is formatted wonderfully with each chapter presenting a new and a little more acvanced technique. The savory section is wonderful for vegetarian choices and the desserts, as always, are inventive and absolutely delicious. I don't know another author who does a better job, especially for the "baking challenged." Hopefully the first books will be back in print, as the previous three were treasures of treats and should become classics.

Pastry chef Klivens here presents a step-by-step course designed for beginning bakers - starting with the basics of baking equipment and moving to very simple first recipes. Fearless Baking is essentially a baking course conducted by a professional chef - on paper. Chapters quickly move from the basics to exciting, more complex presentation desserts.

It is worth the price of the book for the apricot, cranberry and walnut pie. It is perfect for the holidays. The book not only has sweets but also savorys included. I have baked for many years and while this is a excellent book for beginners it has enough to keep the experienced baker busy.

Excellent. Well written. Instructions are concise and easily understood. Variety of "goodies" will make this the only cookbook of this kind I'll need. Beautifully illustrated!

Let me just say, I am a HUGE fan of anything written by Klivans. This book is no exception. With hundreds of foolproof recipes, this is an essential cookbook in my home. I pull it out at least once, if not more times, a week. Her recipes never fail to impress me and my whole family! Thank you Elinor Klivans!

I usually only buy cookbooks with lots of pictures, but the descriptions of each recipe sounded so delicious that I bought it anyway and I'm so glad I did! I've made numerous recipes for friends and family and all received rave reviews. Highly recommended.