Baking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America
by The Culinary Institute of America
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Author: The Culinary Institute of AmericaEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-27
ISBN: 0471450952
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Wiley
Book Reviews of Baking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America
Book Review: Great book to start learning
Summary: 5 Stars
When I first started to learn how to bake, this book proved to be invaluable. It covers a lot of the techniques and basic recipes. I really appreciate the variety of different baked goods to provide the home baker with an arsenal of crowd pleasers.
I do have to offer a warning, though. No book can truly substitute a hands on learning course. As much as book can describe what the right stage is for mixing dough for choux for cream puffs, it does not compare to someone who is experienced standing beside you and telling you what you are doing wrong. I maximized the use out of this book because I enrolled in a fundamental baking class. It also helped me to hone many of the recipes.
The success of the recipes partly lies in the quality of ingredients the baker selects. I recommend that if you don't go cheap, then most of the recipes should turn out fine. Another challenge that I discovered in baking is that my oven sucks - and this plays a large large role in the success of some of the recipes. I had to adapt many of them to accommodate the deficiencies of my oven.
Addressing some of the criticisms of the volume vs weight, there is a reason for this, though not great. The original series of books by CIA, such as The Professional Chef, deal with training exactly that, professional chefs. Therefore the recipes are for 10 or more servings and all are given in weight. This book is more like an excerpt and development from their other book. The problem is that this approach is not "friendly" to many home cooks/bakers as they are accustomed to dealing in volume (or mired in tradition). I figure it was a bit of a compromise in order to sell more books that were appealing to general public. This makes some sense in that measuring cups are cheaper than scales that can weigh out several pounds, and I don't have to have a separate bowl for each thing I weigh. Can you imagine the frustration in a recipe written for 9 cakes requiring 9 pounds and 3 oz of flour, then trying to convert this to proportions for 1 cake? Not only would I need a digital scale, but also a calculator!
Summary of Baking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America
A complete, illustrated volume of lessons and recipes for the home baker.The Culinary Institute of America is the place where many of today's leading chefs and pastry chefs have learned the fundamental skills that launched their careers. Now, in this companion to Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America, the CIA draws on its extensive expertise and experience to give home bakers an outstanding course in the essentials of baking, along with a wealth of irresistible recipes. It outlines all the basic information on equipment, ingredients, and methods necessary to create top-quality cakes, pastries, breads, frozen desserts, and more. Readers learn the techniques step by step, with detailed instructions and photographs that clearly explain what to do and how to do it.
Ideal for developing skills and building a repertoire, the book's 200 recipes - all specially created by the CIA - are delicious, attractive, and easy to make, from Cream Scones and Streusel-Topped Blueberry Muffins to Flourless Chocolate Souffle Cake and Warm Lemon Pudding Cakes.
Complete with 250 beautiful full-color photographs of procedures and finished dishes, Baking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America is a comprehensive resource that will enable home cooks to master the art of baking in their own kitchens.
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