Inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, DORIE GREENSPAN is the author of Dorie's Cookies, a 2017 James Beard Award-winner for Best Baking and Dessert book; Around My French Table, a New York Times bestseller that wasnamed Cookbook of the Year by the IACP; Baking Chez Moi, also a Times bestseller; and Baking: From My Home to Yours, a James Beard Award winner. She lives in New York City, Westbrook, Connecticut, and Paris.
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I love to bake and I drooled about having this book for a long time before I actually bought it. There are many bakers writing blogs about baking from this book so I thought I knew exactly what to expect. I was put off by the price of the book, however, and waited until I could order it used from the States (I live in the UK). It was well worth the wait and well worth buying. I certainly was not disappointed. Not only is it a beautiful book to look through (it's almost a coffee table book), the recipes are for luscious-sounding, beautiful-looking things that use every day products so you don't have to hunt around specialty shops.
5.0 out of 5 starsAt last recipes which give the expected result!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 December 2012
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I bought the book mostly for the NY cheescake recipe, and the result was just perfect. My guests had the impression to be at a famous pizza place in Time Square! I also tried several other recipes, and the results were always as I remembered from my stays in the USA. this book is a "must have" for anyone eager to travel back to the states.
Brilliant, beautiful, entertaining book. I collect cookbooks and I am an avid baker--this book is handsdown my favourite. If you have one book on baking, this is it. Makes a fantastic gift.
The almost fudge gateau and the cheesecake recipes are worth the cost of this book but really, all the recipes are amazing. No complicated recipes. No exotic or hard to find ingredients. Simple, well written, fail proof recipes and a great selection so there are plenty of options for people, preferences and occasions.
The author writes is such an entertaining, engaging fashion as well.
Ich backe mit grosser Freude seit ueber 30 Jahren, und dieses ist mein liebstes Backbuch. Ich habe es mir vor Jahren gekauft, als ich im Internet ueber Rezepte von Dorie Greenspan gestolpert bin. Jedes Rezept, das ich daraus gebacken habe, war hervorragend: der Banana Cream Pie, der weihnachtliche Schokoladenkuchen mit frischem Ingwer, der Double Sugar Bundt, der Blueberry Crumb Cake und die Double Chocolate Muffins - um nur einige zu nennen. Ich bin noch lange nicht durch (es sind wirklich sehr viele Rezepte von Cookies ueber Muffins bis Ruehrteig, Torten und Tarts), und freue mich auf viele weitere erfreuliche Ergebnisse. Das Beste an dem Buch ist, dass die Anleitungen wirklich sehr verstaendlich, in logischer Reihenfolge und genau beschrieben sind. Ganz einfach nachzubacken. Und am Anfang jeden Kapitels erklaert Dorie Prinzipien, die man beachten sollte, z.B. was ist wichtig, um einen wirklich guten Ruehrkuchen (Pound Cake) zu machen. Ich habe viel, viel gelernt zum Herstellen von Kuchen, und die Ergebnisse zeigen es. Ein wunderbares Buch!