false 135875 1 <i>Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook</i> presents the doyenne of the Better Way in tip-top form. Or rather, it offers the work of a dedicated team who, under Stewart's stewardship, has devised over 200 baking recipes for both savory and sweet treats, ranging from the traditional likes of buttermilk biscuits, gingersnaps, blueberry pie, bagels, and chocolate angel food cake, to the more novel pleasures of Sausage and Feta Hand Pies, Cherry Fragipane Gallete, Carrot-Ginger Cupcakes, and even the buttery-sugary to-die-for yeasted pastry called kouign amans. Also present and accounted-for are Stewartian showpieces like Mocha-Pistachio Wedding Cake. <p> The greatest virtue of the book, apart from the clarity of its recipes, lies in its organization: the chapters, which cover all baking stops, begin with relevant tips, followed by notes on equipment and techniques, all photo-illustrated. These set-ups supply context that maximizes the possibility of pleasurable, goof-free baking. Photo-illustrated how-to's in the formulas further the cause. A quibble is the absence in many of the recipe headnotes of descriptive material about the baked good they introduce--it's important to provide info on techniques and ingredients, as the headnotes do, but baking recipes in particular cry out for descriptions of what, for example, sfogliatelle (an Italian pastry), or lime-glazed cookies are. This said, the book is immensely appealing and will excite as well as instruct a wide range of bakers, from the would-be to the accomplished. <i>--Arthur Boehm</i> 130943 1 11 2005 Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook total:278|5:3|4:2|3:4|2:0|1:0| 278 1134 363 49 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Apr 30 15:29:53 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 15:39:58 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Sep 05 03:29:01 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 03:29:27 -0700 2007 Two words..Simple and Easy.
Not to mention that this book is full of pictures. Yey, fina...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 24 19:07:12 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 19:22:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 22 13:40:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:10:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:40:40 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 20:15:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 07 17:01:07 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 07:51:25 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 08:04:08 -0700 2008
I haven't tried any of the recipes yet but know that some of them look ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 12:23:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 12:25:06 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 26 08:14:46 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 08:15:26 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 16:01:05 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:01:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 08 14:46:09 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 14:46:55 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 02 19:04:50 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:04:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 07 21:12:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 21:56:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 04 13:48:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 13:51:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 23 15:26:38 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 15:30:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 23:17:49 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 16 06:30:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jul 07 15:50:02 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 16:02:01 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Jul 24 05:31:06 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 05:33:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jun 04 20:22:32 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 20:57:44 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 17:44:38 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 17:49:31 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 29 10:38:29 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 10:42:28 -0800 2008