Your best friend in the kitchen, Rachel Allen, is back with a collection of delicious and easy cakes and bakes, tarts and pies, quiches and casseroles. What could be better than the smell of fresh baked bread or the joy of eating warm cookies straight from the oven? Do you pine for the pleasures of gingerbread houses and holiday delights or the warming goodness of home baked casseroles? Rachel shares ideas from both the sweet and the savory sides of baking, including quick snacks, wholesome breads and pies, exotic cakes and tarts, or easy baked meals for friends and family. This delicious resource is fully illustrated with beautiful food photography including step-by-step instructions to take the mystery out of traditional baking and pastry making. Rachel also offers troubleshooting techniques for common problems and wheat or gluten-free recipes so nobody is left out of the fun! Rachel’s friendly and expert tuition make this easy-to-use book the best friend to every home baker. Recipes include: cardamom bread; crispy bacon and cheddar bread; paper-thin crispbreads, cheese straws, and pretzels; pork, chorizo and spinach pie; beef pasties with mint, ginger, and peas; baked cheese fondue in a pumpkin; smoked salmon and leek gratin; Seville orange meringue pie; Cornish saffron cake; and lime and yogurt cake with rosewater and pistachios.
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"The book I've taken to most this season is by the Irish Nigella(except prettier, blonde and a better cook),Rachel Allen.Her BAKE is simply and engagingly written: one irresistible thing after another."Melanie McDonagh,Evening Standard
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Rachel Allen is a much-loved Irish TV cook and the presenter of four highly acclaimed series including Rachel's Favourite Food and Rachel Allen: Bake! Rachel was brought up in Dublin and moved to Cork to study at the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School. Today, she still teaches at the school, writing regular features as well as for national publications. She lives in Cork with her husband Isaac, their two sons and baby daughter.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Vera Ennis
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am enjoying this cookbook very much. The Irish-style quickbreads are easy and delicious and pies and cupcakes (fairy cakes!)are just as good. Rachel Allen is the delightful author of this cookbook. She comes from, or has married into, the Allens of Ballymaloe, a well-known cooking school in the south of Ireland. The north American user will not need to make the usual adjustments to reading a cookbook from an International source as Ms. Allen has made it effortless, using measurements and layouts that are familiar to us all. Her scone recipes are wonderful and while I have not yet ventured to try her yeast bread, I can't wait to do so. Her instructions are clear and easy and she writes in a comfortable style with humour. She also ventures into the Christmas season with the usual Christmas cake, pudding and mince pies recipes. There is a section at the end of the book on icings and frostings, which I have found very useful, and she even ventures to offer an "American" frosting. For anyone who is pastry-phobic, Ms. Allen offers a clear set of definitions of the different kinds of pastry and sensible instructions on technique for each. I find the photographic illustrations to be helpful and nice to look at and in keeping with the production values of the whole book. My only cavil is one of expectation. There is a section in the book on Baked Meals and I suppose since the book title is simply "Bake" she's within the mandate to include this. However, I find that I'm just not interested - these recipes may be wonderful, I'll just never know. Give me more cakes, tarts, scones and goodies, please!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Lucy
Format:Hardcover
Lots of breads, cakes, buns from a variety of traditions. Everything is covered if you want to make croissants from scratch you now have a receipe!
Some savoury food - baked dinners, pies.
I thoroughly enjoy what these receipes have produced.
Some of dinners took a while to prepare - she doesn't give preparation lengths in it.
Some savoury food - baked dinners, pies.
I thoroughly enjoy what these receipes have produced.
Some of dinners took a while to prepare - she doesn't give preparation lengths in it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By S. Lambert
Format:Hardcover
Great book for learning to bake more difficult recipes - suitable for those who have the basics, but want to stretch themselves a little in the kitchen. Rachel is good for noting things other chefs forget in their books, for example, whether to line or grease a tin etc. Her books read well, possibly because she is clearly used to teaching the art of baking and this comes through onto the page. A nice book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
rachels baking secrets
this book was very well written ,informative with scads of information, the recipes were practical and down to earth easy to read and easy to make i really enjoyed the book
Published 15 months ago by frisky
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my kitchen treasures!
For the North American, perhaps this cookbook might be a little frustrating with its use of scales and questionable oven temperature conversions (I have scorched some treats) but... Read more
Published on January 14, 2011 by Suzie Ridler
2.0 out of 5 stars
No pictures! What the hell??
The first impression is really good: Hardcover book, rough thick paper with a nice design, and cooking measures in Fahrenheit, Celsius and Gas. Read more
Published on November 25, 2009 by Sacha Azcona
