About this item
The ultimate guide to classic bakes and modern favorites that doesn't just tell you what to do - it shows you.What's the difference between beating and folding? What should "soft peaks" look like? How do you line a pastry crust? When it comes to baking, knowing what an instruction means can be the difference between a showstopper and a soggy bottom. That's where Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking comes in.Each of the 80 classic recipes in this essential collection is fully illustrated, with photographs of every stage of the baking process. See what other baking books only tell you: how to knead the dough, rub together butter and flour, and create a pastry lattice to top a pie or tart. Then try your hand at more than 250 variations on those classics, or use them as inspiration to build on what you've learned and experiment with your own baking creations.
About the Author
British born Caroline Bretherton has spent the last 25 years following her passion for food within the food business in many different capacities. After running a highly successful London based catering company for a number of years she expanded the company to include a café in the heart of London's Notting Hill - and all day eatery serving fresh, seasonal food.Her career soon grew to include the UK television market, with guest chef appearances on the Food Network as well as other television networks, followed by a co-presenting role on the Taste Network's flagship programme, Real Food.Following a break to concentrate on her young family, Caroline returned to the food business with a short stint as the 'Family Food Writer' for The Times Weekend Magazine. Her writing, which has always been her passion, took off and she soon produced her first book 'The Allotment Cookbook', which was published in 2011.Since then she has published the hugely successful 'Step-by-Step Baking' (2011) , 'The Pie Book' (2013) and 'Family Kitchen Cookbook' (2013) , as well as 'The American Cookbook' (2014) ,'Desserts' (2015) , 'Super-Clean Super Foods' (2017) , 'Sprouted' (2017) and 'Pasta Reinvented' (2018) . She has also contributed recipes to publications such as the Daily Telegraph and worked with well-known nutritionist Jane Clarke to contribute recipes to her book 'Complete Family Nutrition' (2014) . After nine years in print (selling over 245,000 copies worldwide) an updated edition of "Illustrated Step-By-Step Baking' hit the shelves in 2020. All her books have been published internationally by Dorling Kindersley, and translated into several languages.