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Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make

Posted by gourmetmall on December 23, 2008

Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make

 

 

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So creative!5
The ideas for these cupcakes are so creative! Many of them look complicated, but the step by step directions make them easy. It makes me want to bake more often! A must have for ANY kitchen

Cupcake making is fun!!4
I have to say that the cupcakes in this book can take a long time to make and some of the ingredients are definitely hard to find – but the instructions are great and the results are well worth it. I had so much fun making the cupcakes and got rave reviews from everyone that saw them!

Best Cupcake Book Ever5
This book is so creative and awesome. I walk down the candy aisle with a whole new outlook. I see junior mints as the pupils for owls eyes and green licorice as stems for pumpkins. I love this book.

About Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #131 in Books
  • Brand: Houghton Mifflin
  • Published on: 2008-04-24
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 240 pages

Product Description

Witty, one-of-a-kind imaginative cupcake designs using candies from the local convenience store.

America’s favorite food photography team, responsible for the covers of America’s top magazines, shows how to create funny, scary, and sophisticated masterpieces, using a zipper lock bag and common candies and snack items.With these easy-to-follow techniques, even the most kitchen-challenged cooks can

• raise a big-top circus cupcake tier for a kid’s birthday
• plant candy vegetables on Oreo earth cupcakes for a garden party
• trot out a line of confectionery “pupcakes” for a dog fancier
• serve sausage and pepperoni pizza cupcakes for April Fool’s Day
• bewitch trick-or-treaters with chilly ghost chocolate cupcakes
• create holidays on icing with turkey cupcake place cards, a white cupcake Christmas wreath, and Easter egg cupcakes

No baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

 

 

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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

Posted by gourmetmall on December 23, 2008

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

 

 

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This books needs updating2
I was really looking forward to this book based on the reputation of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Creams. I was VERY disappointed that this book, published in the 1980’s, features many recipes that call for whole raw eggs that don’t get cooked !! Was there no problem with salmonella back then? I would have expected them to update the book or tell the home cook how to make an acceptable substitution. Better yet, when we buy Ben and Jerry’s I can’t believe the FDA allows them to sell a product that has uncooked eggs in it. If they have made adjustments they should have let the book buyer in on it.

MMMMMmmmmmmm….5
The ice cream turns out so well from this book. I use a Cuisinart electric ice cream maker with this and my ice cream is WONDERFUL. So far the pumpkin ice cream has been the biggest hit.

Entertainly and Educational5
We purchased this book at the same time as we invested in Cuisinart’s Indulgence Ice Cream Maker. Both were excellent purchases and make a great team.

Please read the introductory pages and sidebars in this book. Not only a fun read but also enlightening and encouraging for small business dreamers and ice cream makers.

All of the recipes I have tried say they make a quart. This is a generous (of course) quart because generous is part of Ben and Jerry’s philosophy.

We like a little sweeter chocolate so I substitute semi or milk chocolate for their unsweetened chocolate squares. I also use a microwave to melt the chocolate rather than double boiler. Just my preference.

We started reading some of the book aloud to our teen kids and they asked for more! Along with their ice cream, of course.

About Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #255 in Books
  • Published on: 1987-01-05
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

Product Description

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book offers fans more than 90 recipes that are easy to make with even an unsophisticated ice-cream maker. The book is spiced with bright, quirky illustrations in full color.
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Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)

Posted by gourmetmall on December 23, 2008

Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine)

 

 

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Amazing5
I can only say that, AMAZING. I’ve tried about 30 recipes and they all got really good and very easy to prepare. I love my cookie bible. Martha Stewart has very good and interesting ideas as always.

For the Cookie Lover in All of Us5
If you love cookies, then you’ll love this book! I love how the table of contents are pictures of the cookies! All the cookies are categorized by their texture, which helps you get a feel for the cookie and how it will taste in the end. This book is highly recommended!!!

Great recipes…a bit pretentious in presentation 3
I’ve tried several of the recipes so far, and they are great. Five stars for the cookies’ tastiness. However, I do think there’s a pretentiousness to the presentation. So I reduced the number of stars for that reason.

For example, sometimes there are unnecessary steps, like lining your cookie sheet with parchment paper. This is not necessary–I’ve made similar cookie recipes many times and I know that parchment is extraneous. But these recipes could get a baking newbie scurrying to the store for all kinds of unnecessary items like that. Also here’s an example of the pretentiousness I see: The recipe I’m trying now calls for “7 ounces best-quality semi-sweet chocolate, cut into 1/4 inch chunks.” Guess what that translates as: A cup and a half of semi-sweet chocolate chips. But I had to trundle out my food scales to figure that out, and that, like cutting unnecessary parchment paper, takes time which is better spent resting afterward, and eating your cookies. Also, a less experienced baker might go out and buy semi-sweet chocolate and think she has to break it into pieces herself. Talk about a nuisance.

Come on; quit the pretentiousness and write realistic recipes for realistic, real world cooks. So buy it for the recipes if you’ve a mind to, but be prepared to modify directions more than you might normally do for most recipes.

About Martha Stewart’s Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share (Martha Stewart Living Magazine) detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #359 in Books
  • Brand: Cookbook
  • Published on: 2008-03-11
  • Released on: 2008-03-11
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 352 pages

Product Description

The perfect cookie for every occasion.

Cookies are the treat that never disappoints. Whether you’re baking for a party or a picnic, a formal dinner or a family supper–or if you simply want something on hand for snacking–there is a cookie that’s just right. In Martha Stewart’s Cookies, the editors of Martha Stewart Living give you 175 recipes and variations that showcase all kinds of flavors and fancies. Besides perennial pleasers like traditional chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin, there are other sweet surprises, including Rum Raisin Shortbread, Peppermint Meringue Sandwiches with Chocolate Filling, and Lime Meltaways.

Cleverly organized by texture, the recipes in Martha Stewart’s Cookies inspire you to think of a classic, nostalgic treat with more nuance. Chapters include all types of treasures: Light and Delicate (Cherry Tuiles, Hazelnut Cookies, Chocolate Meringues); Rich and Dense (Key Lime Bars, Chocolate Mint Sandwiches, Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies); Chunky and Nutty (Magic Blondies, Turtle Brownies, White Chocolate-Chunk Cookies); Soft and Chewy (Snickerdoodles, Fig Bars, Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies); Crisp and Crunchy (ANZAC Biscuits, Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti, Almond Spice Wafers); Crumbly and Sandy (Cappuccino-Chocolate Bites, Maple-Pecan Shortbread, Lemon-Apricot Sandwiches); and Cakey and Tender (Lemon Madeleines, Carrot Cake Cookies, Pumpkin Cookies with Brown-Butter Icing).

Each tantalizing recipe is accompanied by a lush, full-color photograph, so you never have to wonder how the cookie will look. Beautifully designed and a joy to read, Martha Stewart’s Cookies is rich with helpful tips and techniques for baking, decorating, and storing, as well as lovely gift-packaging ideas in standout Martha Stewart style.

 

 

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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

Posted by gourmetmall on December 22, 2008

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

 

 

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You can make amazing artisan breads @ home!!!5
A friend higly recommended this book to me since Our family enjoys a good loaf of bread with dinner. I’m so glad I purchased the book! The recipes are so good! In fact, they’re better than the grocery store’s bakery breads! And it I’d so much cheaper to make at home!! The recipes are simple but great tasting! I higly recommend this book!

5 minutes plus5
Anybody who likes to bake and eat home made bread will love this book. It is easy to follow as it gives detailed explanations, and the recipes really work.

easy bread baking5
I love this book. It has certainly made my bread baking so easy. My bread always tastes wonderful.

About Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #136 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-11-13
  • Released on: 2007-11-13
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 256 pages

Product Description

 

There’s nothing like the smell of freshly baked bread to fill a kitchen with warmth, eager appetites, and endless praise for the baker who took on such a time-consuming task. Now, you can fill your kitchen with the irresistible aromas of a French bakery every day with just five minutes of active preparation time, and Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will show you how.

Coauthors Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François prove that bread baking can be easier than a trip to the bakery. Their method is quick and simple, bringing forth scrumptious perfection in each loaf. Delectable creations will emerge straight from your own oven as warm, indulgent masterpieces that you can finally make for yourself. In exchange for a mere five minutes of your time, your breads will rival those of the finest bakers in the world.

With nearly 100 recipes to put this ingenious technique to use, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day will open the eyes of any potential baker who has sworn off homemade bread as simply too much work. Crusty baguettes, mouth-watering pizzas, hearty sandwich loaves, and even buttery pastries can easily become part of your own personal menu, and this innovative book will teach you everything you need to know.

 

 

 

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