Delicious recipes and good instruction
Pros: User friendly, produces delicious recipes, good instruction for home cooks
Cons: A few changes needed to recipes; No info on recipe time from start to finish
Pros: User friendly, produces delicious recipes, good instruction for home cooks
Cons: A few changes needed to recipes; No info on recipe time from start to finish

Pros: easy to follow recipes that yield excellent results
Cons: recipes may be daunting for novice, no completely whole wheat loaves

Pros: Beautiful photographs, delicious recipes
Cons: May require specialty cookware and ingredients

Pros: Exposure to a different style of baking
Cons: Hard to find ingredients
From Christmas cookies and pancakes to chocolate cake and sandwich bread, The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion will be there to guide home bakers every step of the way. Every kitchen comes equipped with a fundamental, dependable cookbook classic such as Joy of Cooking or Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook. Now bakers have a modern classic of their own. From leavening, mixing,...
Here are nearly 300 recipes, each of them worked out to fool-proof protection: Raspberry-Strawberry Bavarian, creamy Black-and-White Cheesecake, Walnut Fudge Pie a la Mode and many more. 35 line drawings.
There is something unique and extraordinarily special about chocolate. Just seeing an elaborate chocolate gteau makes the mouth water, the mere smell of a steaming cup of hot chocolate is somehow comforting and who can think of a better way to say thank you than with some homemade chocolate truffles? A chocolate-lover's dream, this book is packed with recipes for making cakes,...
Fifty-five delicious desserts ranging from simple sorbets and ice creams to cheesecakes, gateaux and Christmas pudding are featured here. An ideal reference book for the home cook, student or chef.
“ It is hard to believe that the words "Simple" and "French Desserts" can be spoken in the same sentence, but Jill O'Connor shows you in her new book Simple French Desserts that it can. Simple French Desserts is a wonderful book for anyone who has longed to learn the art of French pastry, but has avoided it assuming that it is only for the more advanced cook or the professional pastry chef....” --Nicko
“ Let me begin by saying that the 2nd edition of Bread, A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes, is both well-written and a wealth of bread baking knowledge. This is far more than a recipe book; it teaches and explains in great detail how to bake loaf after loaf of wonderful bread. At nearly 500 pages the recipes do not actually begin until a fifth of the way into the book. The first...” --JackBlack
“ Nordic cuisine seems to be quite trendy these days. Especially after NOMA was named “Best Restaurant in the World” for several consecutive years. Now the book “Home Baked” has been written by one of the owners of the farm and mill that provides the organic grains to NOMA. I do truly love rustic breads and am willing to take the time needed to make it...” --Jellly
“ I originally downloaded this book because it was free and I was having some issues getting my muffins and cakes to rise since I moved to the high desert region of the Western US. I kept the book because of the great amount of information I found and some of the tips and tricks of the trade. This is not a beautiful book you can put on display in your house but it is one that you'll find...” --HClaussen
“ By Pam Grant Everyone thinks diamonds are a girl’s best friend right? Well I, a girl, am here to tell you that is wrong! CHOCOLATE is better than diamonds in my book and usually cheaper too. Women love chocolate and I hear tell that men are fond of it as well. That is why this book Intensely Chocolate by Carole Bloom is such a wonderful book. It not...” --JustPJ
“ The Treats Truck Baking Book was inspired by the Treats Truck, a mobile treat vendor in New York City. The sweets dispensed by the Treats Truck are very popular, hence the cookbook. The recipes include a whole slew of cookies and bars, with some more complicated treats (cakes and pies) closing out the book. The book itself is relatively small (only about 8"x6"), and it's...” --prtybrd