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Learn to COOK - Paris Boulangerie-Patisserie: Recipes from Thirteen Outstanding French Bakeries
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Manufacturer: Gramercy
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815
EAN: 9780517224908
ISBN: 0517224909
Label: Gramercy
Manufacturer: Gramercy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2005-03-01
Publisher: Gramercy
Release Date: 2005-03-01
Studio: Gramercy
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The compelling aroma of fresh, buttery croissants, the delicacy of Savarin au Chantilly, the bliss of the chocolate-mousse Le Pleyel, these are just a few of the specialties that make Parisian boulangeries and pâtisseries the best in the world. Now, in the sequel to her acclaimed Paris Bistro Cooking, Linda Dannenberg presents the gourmet breads and pastries from thirteen of Paris's unsurpassed bakeries and pastry shops.
PARIS BOULANGERIE-PÂTISSERIE offers more than 70 tempting recipes, including Bombes Amandés (Lemon-Almond Cakes) and Mousse au Caramel et aux Poires (Caramel-Pear Mousse Cake) from Paris's oldest pâtisserie, Stohrer; the signature Délice cake (Chodolate-Cream-and-Chocolate-Macaroon Cake) and lace Florentins from the world-renowned chocolatier Maison du Chocolat; and Pain de Campagne (Hearty Country Loaf) and the classic Gougerés (Giant Gruyére Cheese Puffs) from the archetypal neighborhood bakery Haupois. Linda Dannenberg gathered these one-of-a-kind recipes from the great bakers themselves, and presents them in clear, easy-to-understand recipes specially designed for the American home kitchen.
More than 150 spectacular photographs and evocative descriptions of the bakeries and the people behind them bring the essence of Paris to your kitchen. PARIS BOULANGERIE-PÂTISSERIE is rounded out with a comprehensive guide to authentic French utensils (although most recipes can be prepared using equipment found in ordinary kitchens), and a directory that includes sources for everything from crystallized violets to baking stones.
PARIS BOULANGERIE-PÂTISSERIE is the quintessential cookbook featuring the peerless baked goods from the most romantic city in the world.
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Summary: Makes me long for Paris
Comment: I bought this book in Paris before heading home on my last trip to France. I was spending change in the airport before heading home. I sat down on the plane with the book with no expectations of anything grand. I was engrossed for the first two hours of the trip home! The stories and content are really quite good. When I got home, I began to make the recipes. I didn't expect much at first, assuming that they would be too advanced because while I am certainly no novice, neither am I a French pastry chef! Wow! The recipes worked wonderfully and looked just as fabulous from my oven as the pictures. I love to be in Paris, but being in my kitchen creating these wonderful things is the next best thing. And for all of those who think these recipes are impossible, I've got two little ones helping who are under the age of four so it CAN be done!
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Summary: Wonderful
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This is one my favorite books and even though I've been reading it for over 10 years ,I still go back to it and read it like it was just published.
It 's like every time you read it you discover new things in it !
a real jewel .
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Summary: Too difficult to read
Comment: This might be an okay cookbook but the font is so hard to read that I don't find it worth the time when there are other cookbooks out there that are not hard to read. I hope this printer of this book reads this.
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Summary: French Baking
Comment: Beautiful book, enticing photos and the recipes, when they work, are excellent. This is not a book for beginning bakers, though. It requires some experience with home baking and patience because some of the quantities given are not exact and need a bit of adjusting and the essembly procedures need improvisation as well. Because many of the recipes are so involved, it takes some dexterity to reach the desired look and taste of the pastries. But when it works it is superb. I enjoyed the challenges, but buyers should beware.
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Summary: It is a helpful book....
Comment: Do all recipes in this book work? Yes and No. I bought this book 8 years ago, every since then I tried each of the recipes to the dot. Few worked, most didn't come out close like in the pictures. The pictures are certainly pretty. BUT, the contact info regarding the locations of the pattiseries are very helpful. I didn't waste any seconds trying all the boulangeries/pattisseries while I was in Paris. And some newcomers are popping up near the address mentioned in the book. So if you fail make breads or pastries from this book, use this book as one of your 'travel guide' books when you go to France.
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