Chez Panisse in Berkeley was a revolutionary force in American cooking, spearheading the movement toward fresh, seasonal, regional ingredients as the basis for all menu decisions. In this book Chef Paul Bertolli shares hundreds of Chez Panisse recipes, for fish, … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged broth, chez panisse, cookbook, fish, recipes, shellfish, stocks | Leave a commentWorking in chocolate can be exasperating sometime. I once bought a giant Easter Bunny mould – at least 2 feet high – with clasps on the sides to hold it together. I had never worked with a mould that size, … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged chocolate, cookbook, recipes | Leave a commentNot just limiting itself to cake decoration, ‘Finishing Touches’ also delves into marzipan, working with chocolate, using figurines and other such embellishments. It has some great pictures, some stencils and recipes, and gives instructions without really discussing overall technique. In … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | Leave a commentThis is a fun book, written by someone who obviously loves her cookies! It is the only cookbook I know that uses texture to group the recipes, under such categories as ‘Cakey Cookies’ and ‘Crispy Chompy!’ It has a lot … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged bars, cheesecake, cookbook, cookies, recipes, sandwich cookies | Leave a comment‘Sugar Craft’ is one of 3 books about cake decoration written by these two authors; the others are ‘Cake Decorating’ and ’101 Cake Decorating Ideas’. As you can probably guess by those titles, these books are relatively basic in tone … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cookbook, marzipan, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | 1 CommentOk, I must confess – I am not at all objective about Pierre Herme. I am a huge fan – huge huge huge huge! I can read a recipe I have never seen before, and know that it is his … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged chocolate, cookbook, recipes | Leave a commentColette Peters has been around quite a while, and can be credited for starting the trend towards big, crazy, wildly-colored, wacky-shaped cakes – man they are something to behold! Her innovative and amusing gravity-defying cakes are definite attention-grabbers,
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cookbook, recipes, Wedding Cake | Leave a commentSpago is an over-the-top Las Vegas restaurant (owned by Wolfgang Puck), so naturally all the desserts in this book are deliciously outrageous as well. I have made quite a few recipes from this book, and don’t have even a minor … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged buttermilk, chocolate, cookbook, lemon, recipes | Leave a commentThis is a smaller version of ‘Larousse Gastronomique’, which I have recommended elsewhere. This version is a modern approach to the same information, with many photographs and more recipes than its parent book. It is very handy, with listings alphabetically … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cookbook, larousse, recipes | Leave a commentThis book could be subtitled ‘Cake Decoration 101′, as it takes a very straightforward approach to teaching the basics of cake decorating. As such, it seems fairly well laid out, with precise instructions and detailed illustrations, covering all the fundamentals … Read More
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