REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY – The Fearless Baker

THE FEARLESS BAKER: SCRUMPTIOUS CAKES, PIES, COBBLERS, COOKIES, AND QUICK BREADS THAT YOU CAN MAKE TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS AND YOURSELF

• Author: Emily Luchetti & Lisa Weiss
• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (May 4, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316074284
• ISBN-13: 978-0316074285

ABOUT THE FEARLESS BAKER

What could be more satisfying than presenting friends and family with a perfectly crafted homemade dessert, fresh out of the oven? Yet for many, the idea of baking is intimidating; rolling out pie dough or making a cake from scratch is akin to climbing Mount Everest. THE FEARLESS BAKER is a beginner’s baking guide written to empower home cooks with spot-on advice and a cache of go-to recipes. Renowned pastry chef Emily Luchetti guides novice bakers through her amazing recipes to troubleshoot their most common pitfalls. Charming color illustrations and photographs of real-life beginning bakers in action complete the instruction, turning even the most tentative baker into a fearless one.

MY THOUGHTS

I received a copy of The Fearless Baker. Chapters include Cookies Bars and Bites, Cakes, Pies and Tarts, Fruit, No Oven Required, Best Dessert Sauces, and Breakfast. Recipes are easy to understand and call for ordinary ingredients. While the cookbook does have some colorful clipart scattered throughout, unfortunately there are no photos – something I feel every cookbook needs. I’d also find it helpful if prep and cooking time were included. I like that the cookbook is written in a friendly, conversational tone, and that questions (and answers) pertaining to each recipe are included on that page. There are many yummy sounding recipes in this cookbook that I am looking forward to making.

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