BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes
by Shirley O Corriher
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Author: Shirley O CorriherEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN: 1416560785
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Review: Good Addition to a Cookbook Collection
Summary: 4 Stars
BakeWise isn't a basic cookbook that will be the foundation of your cookbook collection, and it's not the type of book for someone who limits their baking to the occasional batch of brownies and a pie at Thanksgiving. It skips the most basic, traditional recipes in favor of complicated or unusual fare. Looking for old-fashioned chocolate chip cookies or apple pie? Sorry, not here. But you will find "roasted pecan chocolate chip cookies" and "fried apple pies extraordinaire"- twists on the old favorites.
I prefer to keep my baking simple, so I'll probably skip a lot of the more complicated or overly-busy recipes in this book, but I think people who are looking for new or creative recipes will really enjoy the ones in BakeWise.
I think the best part of this book is that it provides a lot of insight into how baking works. I tend to use recipes as starting points and mix up something without paying too much attention to all the details of the recipes. This is a great source of hints, tips, and explanations for anyone who wants to be able to create their own foods without having to follow a strict recipe. This book will tell you how to make your brownies fudgy or crumbly, how to make your cookies darker or lighter in color, what exactly happens when you beat egg whites, what purpose salt serves in a recipe, and much, much, more. In fact, the bulk of this book isn't the recipes, but the information and opinions about baking.
A few other things: There are almost no pictures, just a few color photos in a center insert. There are also no handy substitutions or equivalents tables, but you'll probably have those in one of your other cookbooks. The book is divided into five chapters: cakes, muffins and quick breads; puffs; pies; cookies; and breads.
So, I'd recommend this to anyone interested in new recipes or who wants to learn more about the underlying processes of baking. It's a great cookbook, but definitely not for the very casual baker.
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