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Title: The Village Baker's Wife: The Desserts and Pastries That Made Gayle's Famous by Joe Ortiz, Gayle Ortiz, Louisa Beers, Gayle's Bakery ISBN: 0-89815-869-9 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: DEE-LISH-US!!!
Comment: What a find! This book has some great recipes. It really caters to folks that know their way around the kitchen and have some knowledge of baking, even though the directions are very well written and each recipe has a refer to page to remind you of a technique that was explained early on in the book.
I've never been to Gayle's but I certainly won't pass it up if I'm ever in the area. Everything I have made, with the exception of the croissants, have been phenominal (the croissants were way too buttery and greasy - this was probably due to my handling of the dough rather than the recipe though). The pastries are to die for even though they took some time to make - no one believed I made them, they looked too perfect - exactly like the photo! The chocolate mousse cake is sinfully delicious and the key lime pie is the BEST I have ever had. Needless to say I have added a few pounds from all the experimenting in the kitchen.
The ingredients are easy to find, the recipes are the ones you'd want from a traditional bakery (danishes, pastries, cakes, cookies, pies). What a gold mind this book has been, I feel like Gayle's has 'revealed' all their secrets. I keep reaching for this book when I want to try a sweet treat.
Rating: 5
Summary: delicious-sounding recipes
Comment: This book come with a delicious assortment of recipes: poppyseed cake with raspberry whipped cream frosting, crocodiles (a tasty-sounding puff pastry made with nuts and brown sugar), banana split cake (banana cake layers filled with strawberry whipped cream and chocolate ganache), fresh fruit tartes, chocolate mousse cake, as well as croissants, muffins, cookies, and some savory items (such as a mushroom turnover with cream cheese pastry) as well.
My results, however, have been below expectations. The pastry cream was very thick (due to a lot of cornstarch) and not as flavorful as the pastry cream in "The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook"; also, the crust for the fruit tart needed to be baked a lot longer than the 20 minutes called for.
More recently, I made the Florentine cookies and the results were horrendous! Gayle has you cook the cookie mixture way too long so that the cookies will not spread in the oven. After throwing the dough away, I found a Florentine recipe in my Fannie Farmer Baking Book and the cookies turned out excellent (cooking times were very different from Gayle's).
Rating: 5
Summary: My all-time favorite cookbook for special occasions
Comment: This cookbook is, by far, the most influential book in my life of baking! I bought it shortly before my wedding a couple of years ago, and I was able to use several recipes for wedding events! For instance, I made the poppyseed cake with raspberry cream icing for my bridesmaids' luncheon, complete with the traditional "cake charms" for the perfect pink cake! I was asked by four people for the recipe, and in fact, I made it again when I gave a good friend her bridal luncheon last June! For my wedding reception, one of my own contributions to the reception table was the lavender shortbread. A truly interesting myriad of flavors, of course, but it got rave reviews! ("What in the world is IN these cookies?") Five stars!
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Title: The Village Baker: Classic Regional Breads from Europe and America by Joe Ortiz ISBN: 0898159164 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Crust & Crumb: Master Formulas For Serious Bakers by Peter Reinhart ISBN: 1580080030 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Nancy Silverton's Pastries from the La Brea Bakery by Nancy Silverton ISBN: 0375501932 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Village Baker's Wife: Desserts/Pastries That Made Gayle's Bakery Famous by Gayle Ortiz, Joe Ortiz, Louisa Beers ISBN: 1580085733 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: May, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery : Recipes for the Connoisseur by Nancy Silverton ISBN: 0679409076 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 05 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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