by JamesVillas (Author)
Nowadays no bread is simpler, quicker, and more fun to make. Once the knack of turning them out is mastered, biscuits are as easy as can be. The chapters here cover all the bases. Plain raised biscuits are everyday classics that have been popular for two centuries, such as Cloud Biscuits, Buttermilk Biscuits, and Indian Cornmeal Biscuits. Flavoured biscuits feature many regional classics, including Maine Clam Biscuits and Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits. Drop Biscuits, heartier in texture and freeform, include Cinnamon-Pecan Drop Biscuits and parmesan-Herb Drop Biscuits. And biscuits get dressed up for cocktails or tea with Blue Cheese and Walnut Biscuits and Smoked Salmon and Dill Biscuits. There's even a chapter on what Villas calls 'the biscuit's cousin', the scone.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Publisher: Harvard Common Press,U.S.
Published: 01 Jan 2004
ISBN 10: 155832223X
ISBN 13: 9781558322233
JAMES VILLAS's work has appeared in Esquire, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and the New York Times. He won James Beard Awards for Journalism in 2003 and for Pig: King of the Southern Table.