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HomeBaking
The Artful Mix of Flour and Tradition Around the World
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From savory pies to sweet buns, from crusty loaves to birthday cake, from old-world apple pie to peanut cookies to custard tarts, these recipes capture the age-old rhythm of turning simple ingredients into something wonderful to eat. HomeBaking rekindles the simple pleasure of working with your hands to feed your family. And it ratchets down the competitive demands we place on ourselves as home cooks. Because in striving for professional results we lose touch with the pleasures of the process, with the homey and imperfect, with the satisfaction of knowing that you can, as a matter of course, always have a full cookie jar or some homemade cake on hand to offer.
Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid collected the recipes in HomeBaking at their source, from farmhouse kitchens in northern France to bazaars in Fez. They traveled tens of thousands of miles, to six continents, in search of everyday gems such as Taipei Coconut Buns, Welsh Cakes, Moroccan Biscotti, and Tibetan Overnight Skillet Breads. They tasted, interpreted, photographed and captured not just the recipes, but the people who made them as well. Then they took these spot-on flavors of far away and put them side by side with cherished recipes from friends and family closer to home. The result is a collection of treasures: cherry strudel from Hungary, stollen from Germany, bread pudding from Vietnam, anise crackers from Barcelona. More than two hundred recipes that resonate with the joys and flavors of everyday baking at home and around the world.
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781579656041
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- ISBN: 9781579656041
- File size: 31876 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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October 13, 2003
In their previous award-winning books (Flatbreads & Flavors
; Seductions of Rice
; Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet
) Alford and Duguid combined anthropology and food to remarkable results. Their latest title is more of a stay-at-home. Alford and Duguid still draw from their globetrotting (Russian Apple Pancakes; Lebanese Sajj Bread), but many recipes come from their own domestic kitchen. This includes delightful ideas like Naomi's Any-day Skillet Cake, an easy take on clafoutis, and puzzling appearances like High-altitude Chocolate Chip Cookies, to be baked "at elevations between five thousand and seventy-five hundred feet," apparently included for sentimental reasons. The recipes themselves are accessible and, as promised in the title, represent dishes that home bakers craft around the world rather than fancy bakery rigmarole: Easy Cheese and Bean Rounds or Cranberry-Chocolate Sweet Buns. While the authors' previous books have arranged recipes by country in a logical, geographical progression, this one groups them by vague concepts such as "Family Breads." And although there are on balance more savory recipes than sweet, the book opens with a chapter of sweets, such as Treacle Tart and Ricotta Pie Topped with Streusel. While recipes are concise, the writing is less sharp. Headnotes to some recipes are unfocused; the one for Leekie Pie, made with bacon, begins with praise of a vegetarian cookbook from the 1970s. Still, even a middling offering from these two pros stands above many cookbooks in the field. (Nov.)
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The latest title from this award-winning duo reflects some curious choices, but their reputation and the book's esthetic value should support the 55,000-copy first printing. -
November 15, 2003
A husband-and-wife team, Alford and Duguid have written many award-winning cookbooks, including Flatbreads and Flavors and Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet. For their latest, they traveled to several countries in Europe and Asia in search of home-baked specialties, visiting bakeries and staying with local people. Sections for "Pastry," "Bread," "Smaller Breads and Flatbreads," and "Cakes and Cookies" include techniques, tools, ingredients, and terminology, as well as the recipes themselves (more than 200, all well written). Some are familiar (Pissaladiere and Challah), others are unusual (Chickpea Spice Bread from Crete and Savory Bangkok Waffles with Dipping Sauce). Equally enticing are the sweet bread recipes such as Truck Stop Cinnamon Rolls and Jamaican Coconut Pie. Emphasizing the art of home baking and the importance of preserving home-baking traditions, this collaboration is recommended for most cookery collections where there is a strong interest in baking.-Mary Schlueter, Missouri River Regional Lib., Jefferson CityCopyright 2003 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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