The Great British Bake Off: How to Avoid a Soggy Bottom and Other Secrets to Achieving a Good Bake

The Great British Bake Off: How to Avoid a Soggy Bottom and Other Secrets to Achieving a Good Bake

by Gerard Baker (Author)

Synopsis

This beautiful hardback is packed with practical advice to help you improve your baking. It includes fascinating trivia covering the history of baking and the chemistry crucial to achieving winning cakes, biscuits, pastry, bread and baked desserts, as well as classic recipes to demonstrate techniques. Arranged into a helpful question and answer format and beautifully illustrated throughout, this is an in-depth guide for bakers of all levels of skill, an invaluable companion to the Great British Bake Off recipes books, and the perfect gift for Mothers' Day.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 28 Feb 2013

ISBN 10: 1849905894
ISBN 13: 9781849905893
Book Overview: The perfect gift for every baker - everything you need to know about how to bake, from The Great British Bake Off team.

Author Bio
Gerard Baker is an author and broadcaster who specialises in British food culture and history. He has worked for the seminal BBC Radio Four Food Programme since 1996 and has been a columnist on a number of national titles including The Times, BBC Good Food and the Kitchen Garden. Gerard has appeared in a number of television series, most regularly with the Hairy Bikers. He has degrees in both science and history which give him a unique perspective on our baking heritage. Other books published by Gerard Baker include Mrs Beeton: How to Cook.