Master chocolatier J-P Wybauw here has outlined more than 100 chocolate decoration techniques, with an interesting combination of traditional and contemporary ideas for chocolate garnish. I use this book often; it is very readable with very useful step-by-step instructions, great … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged chocolate, cookbook, garnish, recipes | Leave a comment‘The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef’ is a reference book – an advanced pastry textbook – and as such is a very handy book to have in your kitchen. It provides a wealth of quality information and a wide range of … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cookbook, pastry, recipes | Leave a commentChez 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 commentThis is another sweet gift from my mentor, George Wagner; a German instructional book filled with design and illustrative ideas for cakes. I haven’t tried any of this stuff yet, it is a relatively new gift; and everything I take … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake, cake decoration, recipes | 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 CommentThe minute I opened this book, I felt a great affinity for Margaret Braun. It is like we have the same kind of brain, our relationship with the cakes we create is artistic, personal; it is amazing that we sometimes … Read More
Posted in On My Bookshelf | Tagged cake decoration, recipes, sugar, Wedding Cake | Leave a 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
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