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| Baking: From My Home to Yours | 
 enlarge | Author: Dorie Greenspan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 6507
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.7
ISBN: 0618443363
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.815
EAN: 9780618443369
ASIN: 0618443363
Publication Date: September 25, 2006
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Condition: Brand New! May have in mark on book edge and/or very light shelf wear
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| Customer Reviews:
 Recipes Are Flops November 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been using this book as part of a baking group, and I was very excited when I started. Several recipes in now, and I'm seriously considering dropping it. We made pumpkin muffins: the batter was spicy and smelled great. The muffins turned out dry and dense, with very little flavor. We made chocolate cupcakes: once again, the batter smelled and tasted great. The cupcakes turned out dry and dense, with very little flavor. I actually had to throw them away since no one wanted them. Can you imagine? No one wanted a chocolate cupcake. The last recipe we made was rice pudding, which I absolutely love. Instead I got rice soup. Nothing in this book turns out correctly, and I can guarantee you that I'm watching every last thing and have plenty of experience. Makes me wonder if any of these recipes were actually tested before inclusion.
 A must have cookbook October 24, 2008
Fantastic in everyway! The selection of recipes, the layout of the cookbook, the photography, the directions, everything! I have made over a dozen recipes and I look forward to the next dozen. I also love her little introductions to the recipes because I feel connected to the recipe prior to getting to work in the kitchen. I trust this book and I trust Dorie Greenspan.
Great as Gift for New Bakers! October 6, 2008
This is a fabulous book with wonderful recipes. I have made many of them with unusual (for me!) success! It is the perfect new bride, new apartment, or engagement gift. I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
 Disappointing. October 1, 2008
I've made three things from this book so far, and it's highly unlikely I'll be making any more.
The Chocolate Ganache Ice Cream was excellent, but the instructions were not. It's amazing that Dorie left out the most crucial step in making any kind of custard. She failed to note that the custard needs to be strained before adding to the melted chocolate. Now since I've made custards and custard-based ice creams before, I was fully aware of the necessity of that step, but I'm sure there are lots of other people who are not. If they're not aware of the necessity to strain out the custard, they will be left with little pieces of scrambled eggs in their ice cream. Real appetizing.
The Cinnamon Squares were very good, but too cinnamony, even for me, and I'm a cinnamon lover. That wasn't really a problem, however, since I could always cut it down the next time around. But... something very strange happened after I froze the leftover pieces. When I defrosted them, they were absolutely gooey, sticky, and inedible. Needless to say, they went into the garbage. Now, that has NEVER happened before with any other cake recipe at any time in all the years I've been baking (this is actually a regular cake, not a typical bar or square, even though the title says "squares"). So, why didn't Dorie simply indicate that these don't freeze well? Another real irritation.
And lastly, the Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Cookies were very good, but nothing outstanding, and probably not something I'd make again. As usual, the instructions were terrible.
Overall, this book is a real disappointment. The best part is the beautiful photography.
excellent cookbook for beginners September 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
baking from my home to yours is great. i've used a couple of recipes from it already and so far all's good. one gripe that i might have is that im in singapore and certain ingredients are not easily available (like buttermilk) but i can't blame it on anyone! overall an excellent buy.
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