This follow-up to the author's James Beard award-winning Secrets of a Jewish Bakeris a charming collection of European-style bakery classics, such as coffee cake and strudel.George Greenstein has a gift for teaching home bakers to think, work, and bake like the pros with his evocative and tactile descriptions of baking. In A Jewish Baker's Pastry Secrets, he crafts master dough recipes for Jewish holiday baking and European classics, creating a com...

A superb collection of 300 classic and creative potato dishes for every occasion, including potato soups; appetizers and snacks; salads; meat and poultry; fish and shellfish; side dishes; and desserts, bakes and breads. Explore every conceivable kind of potato dish such as Spicy Chicken and Potato Broth, Potato Cakes with Black Pudding and Apple, Hake and Potato Salad, Slow Baked Beef with Potato Crust, Baked Mussels and Potatoes, and Chocolate Potato Cake. Be tempted by traditional classi...

Have you ever craved restaurant fare late at night only to find out the restaurant has closed? Now you can make restaurant dishes at home anytime you like and amaze your friends. The author, a seasoned restaurant professional, recreates 50 items from restaurant menus across America. Make everything from O'Charley's Black & Bleu to Benihana's Banana Tempura. Table of Contents 1. Orange Julius Orange Julius 2. Bill's Barbecue Limeade 3. Applebee's Shirley Temple 4. Starbucks Frappuccino 5. T...

Cheesecake! Just the mention of the word gets our mouths watering! Cheesecake is a smooth, creamy, delightful dessert that is not only wonderful to our taste but to our sight as well. And the great thing about cheesecake is that it comes in dozens of flavors and can be topped with your favorite fruit or other sweet toppings!The history of cheesecakes seems to date back to the early Greeks, but whether you get it from Greece, a fancy bakery in New York, or at your corner market, you ...

James Beard Award—winner Karen DeMasco, who first came to national attention as the pastry chef of Tom Colicchio’s Craft, Craftbar, and ’wichcraft restaurants from 2001 to 2008, approaches the art of baking in a unique way. Building on the savory cooking philosophy of using seasonal ingredients to create dishes with pure flavors, Karen makes acclaimed desserts that are both simple and elegant. Now, she shares her secrets and techniques in her first cookbook, The Craft of Baking, d...

“The pastries we make are deliciously simple and rustic and never too sweet. Woven into many of them are my favorite flavors: butter, cinnamon, nuts, and fruit. They’re familiar, uncomplicated, and satisfying. One taste and you’re instantly comforted. Inspired by a sweet memory from childhood, a European classic, or a time-honored bakeshop standard, they are flavors you never tire of. Like my bread, these are pastries you want to eat every day.”—from the Introduction

The first cookbook dedicated entirely to ooey, gooey ribbons of cinnamon-swirled delights, with fifty recipes and gorgeous full-color photos.Nothing says comfort food like a batch of cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven. Here you'll find fifty recipes for a variety of sticky buns everyone will love, from traditional favorites such as Orange-Toffee, Pumpkin Streusel, or Coffee-Maple Glazed Cinnamon Rolls to more exotic flavors, such as Moroccan Rose Petal Cinnamon Roll...

Ten tried and true finger food recipes from home cooking expert Jo Seagar. Jo Seagar's name is synonymous with stress-free recipes. She adores entertaining and cooking for friends, and always has a houseful of people staying. With this mouth-watering selection Jo shares ten of her easy finger food ideas, suitable for any occasion.

Home-made food has so many attractions. With your food mixer to hand, cakes and pastries, pies and tarts, sweet and savoury fillings and lots more besides, are quick, easy and fun to make. Children will love joining in with weighing ingredients and decorating the finished product. A food mixer also means much more control over the choice and quality of ingredients.Discover how to exploit this handy kitchen aid to its full potential, using the versatility of the food mixer's three b...

Discover the secrets of great baking with Scandilicious flair... Scandinavian baking is among the best in the world. Deeply ingrained in the culture, it is a distinctive part of the Nordic identity, history and well-being. Welcome to a world where cakes made with real butter are celebrated rather than feared, where entire festivals are dedicated to baking and where it is believed there is nothing quite like the thrill of making one's own bread, Christmas biscuits or cardamom buns. Followin...

For many people, pastries, cakes, chocolates, and sweets come ready to eat right from the grocery store. If they're lucky, a local bakery or chocolate shop satisfies the community's sweet tooth. Few people think they have the skill or the time to tackle something as seemingly complicated and time-consuming as homemade pastry. In The Pastry Chef's Apprentice, author Mitch Stamm simplifies a culinary school's core pastry curriculum and teaches the reader just how quickly you can go ...

60 sweet and simple recipes for the classic American cake sandwich treat, from the baker behind the wedding cake of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.Make way, cupcakes—it's whoopie pie time! Everyone is falling in love with America's classic sandwich treat—two soft cookies with a creamy filling. Now, baker extraordinaire Claire Ptak, a pastry alum of Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse and proprietor of Violet, her own baking company, takes the humble whoopie pie to new hei...