Review: Good basic information for the beginning baker.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2012
I've been baking as long as I can remember, standing on a stool at my Great Aunt Rubies and learning to make bread, some flour and water and yeast, a few hours, and hot bread with butter melting off it, making cookies at my cousin's house. For someone who's been baking so long I forget that not everyone has the privilege of being able to bake with a mentor. In today's busy world people are looking to reconnect, to be able to make something for their families but really don't know where to start.Starting at the basics, equipment, ingredients, is a great place. There aren't recipes in this book but there is a lot of good information for someone wanting to start baking, someone starting out in their first home. There are discussions about baking pans, so someone faced with shiny, dark, non stick, glass, will know what to reach for. My aunt used a spoon from the cutlery, but it's nice to have stainless steel measuring spoons.If you feel lost in the baking equipment aisle, get this book