[Sca-cooks] New Baking Title

johnna holloway johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Tue Sep 9 15:43:19 PDT 2003


All this talk about snickerdoodles and cookies reminded me that

there's a new title out that bakers on the list might want to look at:

The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion
The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook
By King Arthur Flour.
It's in Hardcover and comes in at 640 pages.
Listed Publisher is Countryman Press.
It's either just out or will be out in shortly.
ISBN: 0881505811

"The chapters included are: Breakfasts, Fried Doughs, Quick Breads, 
Buckles,
Cobblers & Crisps, Crackers and Flatbreads, Yeast Breads, Sourdough,
Cookies & Bars, Cakes, Pies, Tarts, and Quiches, Pastry and Viennoiserie,
Ingredients, and Tools.  Also included are notes on high-altitude baking
and measuring and a complete overview of ingredients in chapters on flours,
sweeteners, leavens, fats, and more. You'll find information on
substitutions and variations, as well as troubleshooting advice from the
pros at King Arthur. Recipes are enhanced with sidebars that share baking
secrets and provide clear-step-by-step instructions, and each recipe is
accompanied by a detailed nutritional analysis. Techniques are further
explained with easy-to-follow illustrations by culinary illustrator Laura
Hartman Maestro."

Johnnae llyn Lewis




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