Baking Books

This was my first ice cream book when I first bought my machine. They have recipes for many of their most popular flavors, plus a few you don't see too often. They also talk about the basics of ice cream & its components, so you can come up with...
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This is one of three ice cream books that I own, but I doubt I'll be making any of the recipes without one major modification -- I just have this aversion to eating raw eggs, you see. I didn't realize that B & J don't cook their ice cream base...
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The recipes are just too brief and simple. Those unique Ben & Jerry's ice cream sold on the market can't be made by just these simple steps and ingredients isn't it?
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Alton's a teacher so except to read to learn. If you're already a baker, you might learn some stuff you never knew before. But this book is aimed at those of us who wonder why our cheesecake never turns out just right (cause it's a custard, not a...
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Have a first printing of this book.... and very, very mad at it. Sure, it's great, explinations are wonderful, love the layout of the book... but they must have spent so much time on all that, and overlooked the recipes. The errors in this book...
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This book is analytical, scientific, and fun! Alton Brown shares both basic and critical knowledge of food chemistry. If you want to know why and how, this book is for you.
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It's seldom one finds two themes meshed in a book about cooking. However, Paula Deen's "The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook" marries a rags-to-riches success story with the notion that good, wholesome food--and its preparation--do not...
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Oh yeah, the intro by that Midnight author guy is in here. Yippee! For fans of his, this may be the only reason to buy this book, so I'm giving it 2 stars for that. I have to wonder if all these recipes even tested. I 've heard her cafe is...
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I've tried quite a few recipes in this book, and all have been delicious. It's true that you have to do a little shopping ahead of time, and stock up on some of the flours they specify. But once you've done that, each recipe is an adventure and...
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I can't stop reading this book. Great recipes from a real Southern Lady. She has giving us all her best desserts with instructions anyone can follow. I can't wait to start trying them. I have all her cookbooks.
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I don't watch cable or TV but do follow books, especially cookbooks, and I was completely charmed when I originally noticed the Lady & Sons cookbooks a year or two ago. I read only the marketing blurbs and (surprisingly) did not peruse the...
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Read the recipes carefully, mistakes abound. Desserts pretty good, alot of box mixes, etc.. Really doesn't teach alot about cooking, but recipes are easy and some are very quick.
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If your a crazed cake decorator like myself, you are always looking for different recipes, decorating and presentation ideas...finally a "different" cookbook has arrived.

There are many different recipes inside this large book for...
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I was not wowed by this book at all. Most of the decorations are literal representations of holidays (red hearts for valentine's day or stars and stripes for July 4th) or in primary colors. I was expecting to find more elegant and higher skilled...
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I bought this book based on the positive reviews and was disappointed. The pictures include sloppy looking decorations that appear to be done by a child instead of a professional baker - so consequesntly they were not that enticing to me. I have...
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This book contains some of the best receipes. I've used so many cookbooks but have never seen one like this.

Martha Stewart and her team have created a book not only for beginning bakers but also long time bakers. It includes tips...
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I tried her honey-acorn pie and it came out HORRIBLE!!! I had to re-bake the pie for more than 50 minutes and the pie filling is tasteless andtoo salty....her recipes are too tedious and never seem to produce good results...and I'm somebody who...
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I purchased the book based upon "Ms. Perfect's" reputation. The first recipe I tried was for Baguettes on page 312. The bread was so salty it had to be thrown out. The recipe indicates 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt. In retrospect I'm sure it...
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My mother loves cookbooks, so I bought her this one for Christmas. She's an amazing cook and baker, and is always looking for good new recipes. (She actually received an award in high school for her skills in the kitchen.)

After...
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Great photos and recipes read well but so far I'm not that impressed with the out come of the recipes that I have tried.
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I bought this book after a recent trip with my family to Italy. The food was so wonderful that I wanted to learn more about it. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. It explains the basics as...
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I had no idea that cake mixes could be doctored until I picked up Anne Byrn's amazing cookbook. The recipes are very easy to follow and I am able to whip up an impressive doctored up cake mix in 5 to 10 minutes! Anne Byrn has included...
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I just made the sherry-poppy seed cake for dinner, and, admittedly, it was incredibly easy and fast. But I found it horribly sweet and fake-tasting. I am impressed by all these other raves, so I will try at least one other cake before giving up...
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This book is VERY well written and fun to read, and loaded with good hints on baking in general, why cake mixes taste and perform the way they do, etc. But my results have been mixed. So far I've tried the Fresh Orange Cake, the lemon cake that...
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Bought it and have been referring to it as a reference, baking the recipes and also just reading it for enjoyment. A great find for the home cook with lots of tips and some shortcuts.
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As a beginner baker I found this book totally uninspiring; 500 pages thick without very many photos. Normally I would never buy cook books without beautiful illustrative photos, but because this one said "Baking Illustrated" with excellent ratings...
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