Baking


Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
Tartine Bread
Baking: From My Home to Yours
The Cake Bible
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook
The Bread Bible
How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking
100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen, with Classic Cookies, Novel Treats, Brownies, Bars, and More
The Baking Bible: The Most Comprehensive Baking Book You'll Ever Need
Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook
BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Mooncakes and Milk Bread by Kristina ChoThe Way of the Cocktail by Julia MomoséGirly Drinks by Mallory O'MearaEveryone's Table by Gregory GourdetIn Bibi's Kitchen by Hawa Hassan
2022 James Beard Award Winners
13 books — 2 voters
Six California Kitchens by Sally SchmittThe Perfect Loaf by Maurizio LeoArabiyya by Reem Assil(Serious) New Cook by Leah Su QuirogaOn the Himalayan Trail by Romy Gill
2023 IACP Award Winners
18 books — 1 voter

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlBliss by Kathryn LittlewoodThe Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene CatlingThe Candy Shop War by Brandon MullThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Food Magic in Children's Fiction
59 books — 32 voters
The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus NilssonFire and Ice by Darra GoldsteinScandinavian Comfort Food by Trine HahnemannScandinavian Christmas by Trine HahnemannThe New Nordic by Simon Bajada
Best Scandinavian Cookbooks
45 books — 5 voters

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderThe Secret to Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHaleThe Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. ReichertParis Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis  HallCheat Day by Liv Stratman
Cake
291 books — 69 voters
Bouchon Bakery by Thomas KellerThe Professional Pastry Chef by Bo FribergRose's Baking Basics by Rose Levy BeranbaumMy Paris Kitchen by David LebovitzAdvanced Bread and Pastry by Michel Suas
pastry
18 books — 4 voters

If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has one more squirt of seltzer down someone's pants. But if you win an Olympic gold medal, the world will not have one more Olympic gold medalist. It will just have you instead of someone else. ...more
Steven E. Landsburg, The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics

Nadia El-Fassi
Although she didn't have Dina's magical ability to imbibe food and drink with magical comfort, she still loved the process of baking. Measuring out the dry and wet ingredients, pouring it all in the baking tray, and crouching by the oven every now and again to make sure it was rising as expected. While she waited for the pie to bake, Rosemary noted a few ideas down for the early scenes of the script adaptation of Julia, which was coming along nicely. The room was filled with the scent of nutmeg, ...more
Nadia El-Fassi, Love at First Fright

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