My Baking Collection

[SheilaAnn]

[SheilaAnn]

There’s more, but these are the go-to’s.

[bbqLuv]

Are they the Upper Crust of Bread Cookbooks?

[SheilaAnn]

bbqLuv indeed they are. In my house anyways. I have a Julia child, James beard and Nancy silverton as well.

[Ann-Marie in the backyard]

LOVE Breadmaker's Apprentice. I have Beranbaum's Cake Bible and Pie & Pastry Bible, and have made some great desserts out of them both. What terrific variations on buttercream she has! It can be a bit of a slog to get through her details, but she makes it worth your while.

Baking makes me happy, and you've reminded me that I haven't made a great cake in a while. (Cookies, brownies & pies yes, cake no.) Thank you! I'll have to go through the bookshelves and take some photos of my favorite baking books tomorrow.

[willxfmr]

I'm still taking baby steps towards making better bread. Simple recipes, simple ingredients, and still only about 75% success rate. The last loaf actually looked and tasted like bread, so that was a win.

[ComfortablyNumb]

I have the Cheese Board Collective Works. I used to play chess with one of the coop owners at the Berkeley Chess Club and later delivered packages to the coop for UPS.

[Jim White]

Oh wow. I used to go to the coop a lot back in '83 and '84 when I was a postdoc in Berkeley and was in a lab on that side of campus. Brings back lots of memories.

[SheilaAnn]

ComfortablyNumb and Jim White funny (ironic) your takeaways are Cheese Board. I am on the founding board of the Long Beach Grocery Co-op!