Posts Tagged ‘recipes’
Flatbreads and Flavors: A Baker’s Atlas
Posted by Sweetthea
What a clever idea – a ‘Baker’s Atlas’ that takes you around the world exploring all the different variations of bread – fougasse, matzoh, pizza, chapati, bannock, pita, lavash, focaccia, dosa, tortilla, injera, naan, whole wheat skillet breads, and so many more – I had no idea there were so many flatbreads out there!
This is [...]
The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern
Posted by Sweetthea
This is an ethereal, wonderful pastry book.
Claudia Fleming apprenticed under the master himself, Pierre Herme, and now is Pastry Chef at the Gramercy Tavern in New York. I can easily see Pierre Herme in her work, especially in her chocolate recipes; and she brings her own charming style to his technique and approach.
‘The Last Course’ [...]
Great American Food by Charlie Palmer
Posted by Sweetthea
The was a very popular book back in the 1990’s, when Charlie Palmer was a big name on the scene and American chefs were at their peak. I guess some people would call it food porn, as the wonderful photographs are definitely a selling point.
My copy is the 1996 first edition (it has since been [...]
Charlie Trotter’s
Posted by Sweetthea
I am not sure if Charlie Trotter invented food porn, but he was definitely one of the first and most successful at bringing the presentation of plated food to another level. We were all amazed by his genius when he came onto the scene in the early 1990’s; again looking through these fantastic pictures almost [...]
Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill
Posted by Sweetthea
I was fortunate to work for Chef Pino Posteraro at his excellent Vancouver restaurant, so I know him well and have huge respect for him. This book is subtitled ‘A Lifetime of Excellence in the Kitchen’, and that is apt. Pino is one of the only working chefs I know in the city, working at [...]
The Lake House Cookbook
Posted by Sweetthea
One of those classic Christmas moments we have all had – ‘Gee, thanks!’ I had tried to smile brightly when I was given this cookbook for a present. Given in the spirit of the holiday, and I was obviously expected to be delighted to have received such a thoughtful gift.
Sting and his wife Trudie, both [...]
Martha Stewart’s Christmas
Posted by Sweetthea
1989 first edition – I have had this for a long time, since before I became a trained cook. Just looking at the cover gives me the christmas warm fuzzies!
Martha is very warm and personal in her early books, and this is one of the cheeriest, even including pictures from the christmas party in her [...]
New Classic Desserts
Posted by Sweetthea
I bought this book when it was released, in the late 1990’s – it was quite a popular book then, and I still use it for reference and ideas occasionally.
It’s not a great book – the layout is very ‘boy’ with boring and dated presentation, and the pictures aren’t very pretty. Worse still, the recipes [...]
La Maison du Chocolat: Transcendent Desserts by the Legendary Chocolatier Robert Linxe
Posted by Sweetthea
Master chocolatier Robert Linxe is famous for boxed chocolates; he has shops all over Paris and in New York. Naturally when I bought this book I thought I was getting some great recipes for chocolates – was I ever wrong! There is not a single recipe for any couverture chocolates in the book – pictures [...]
Stars Desserts
Posted by Sweetthea
Emily Lucchetti is a well-known pastry chef; this isn’t her only book. ‘Star Desserts’ is about 150 recipes from the famous restaurant Jeremiah Tower’s Stars, and it is fabulous. My copy of ‘Stars Desserts’ is a happy wreck – the pages have separated from the spine, pages are thumbed, creased, stained; and there are sticky [...]
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