Author: Linda Raedisch Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 073877250X Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 213
Book Description
Explore the Surprising and Sometimes Dark Origins of Beloved Holiday Bakes Spice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through some of the world's most iconic Christmas recipes. Interspersed with tales of sailors, saints, tomb raiders, and artisans, The Secret History of Christmas Baking proves that even the humblest holiday treat has a global backstory. Did you know that the ancient Egyptians had their own version of gingerbread or that marzipan was once considered a pharmaceutical? Linda Raedisch dispels some long-standing culinary myths and delves into the darker chapters of the West's centuries-long romance?with sugar and spices. In addition to more than forty recipes for modern bakers, you'll find illustrated instructions for dressing up your cakes and cookie plates with paper stars, angels, and witches. From Linzer tartlets to Christstollen, you can turn your kitchen into an Old World Christmas market stall.
Author: Joyce Klynstra Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1680996479 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 425
Book Description
WINNER of the 2020 US Gourmand Award for Specialty Cookbooks! Irresistible cookies, cakes, confections, snacks, and breads to make and share during the most wonderful time of the year. This collection brings together more than100 Christmas-inspired recipes, each beautifully photographed with easy-to-follow instructions, from holiday classics like Dark Chocolate Crinkles and Decorated Sugar Cookies to international treats like Krakelingen, Linzer Cookies, and Alfajores. Many favorites will spark fond baking memories, and new flavors will create fresh family traditions. From festive and fancy to quick and easy, recipes include: Cranberry Almond Thumbprints Chewy Gingersnaps Peanut Butter Caramel Bars Star Bread Cranberry Pistachio Scones Caramel Corn Maple Peanut Clusters Peppermint Chocolate Cheesecake Christmas Baking contains perfect recipes for holiday gatherings, gift-giving, cookie swaps, and Christmas morning. Written by a mother and daughter team and tested in home kitchens, these treats will bring comfort, joy, and a dash of nostalgia to your holiday.
Author: Linda Raedisch Publisher: Llewellyn Publications ISBN: 9780738772356 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Spice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through the world's oldest and most iconic Christmas recipes. This culinary adventure offers fascinating historical details and uncanny tidbits about sailors, saints, tomb raiders, refugees, and witches. You will discover what the ancient Egyptian version of gingerbread was like, why cookies were once considered pharmaceuticals, and how the background of even the humblest holiday treat is a global story. Through forty recipes adapted for modern bakers, Linda Raedisch shows you how to make Linzer tartlets, Christstollen, almond cookies, and other goodies. She also offers illustrated instructions for dressing up your parcels, tins, and cookie plates with festive crafts. From Ancient Rome and the European Middle Ages to the traditions we recognize today, this book explores the surprising and sometimes dark origins of some of our most beloved holiday bakes.
Author: Julia Moskin Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062096850 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 497
Book Description
At once hilarious and inspiring, CookFight is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that that pits the strategies and recipes of popular New York Times food reporters Julia Moskin and Kim Severson against each other as they take on the challenges today's home cook faces both in and out of the kitchen. An epic battle for kitchen dominance, CookFight features two well-seasoned cooks, 12 tough culinary challenges, and 125 mouth-watering recipes, plus a foreword by Frank Bruni, former chief restaurant critic of the New York Times. Fans of Mark Bittman, Melissa Clark, Ruth Reichl, and Dorie Greenspan, as well as top-rated cooking shows like Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Iron Chef, and Hell's Kitchen, will be riveted by every round of this intense, no-punches-pulled CookFight until the final (dinner) bell!
Author: Janey Louise Jones Publisher: Corgi Childrens ISBN: 9780552553414 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
It's Christmas Eve in Honeypot Hill and Poppy and Honey are making special Christmas things for Poppy's mum and dad - in secret! With a little help from Saffron and Granny Bumble they make sparkly decorations, iced gingerbread cookies to hang on the tree and lots more. Mum and Dad are thrilled! As you follow the story, you will find some special things tucked inside to help you make your very own Christmas surprises.
Author: Mia Öhrn Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1620877422 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
The Christmas season is a magical time—sleigh bells ringing, puffy snow flurrying, a cozy fire crackling, and wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen as families make yummy Christmas treats. Christmas Baking will make the holiday season even more magical with fun and simple recipes that are sure to become Christmas traditions in every home. Prominent Swedish pastry chef Mia Öhrn offers thirty-eight of her amazingly creative and delicious recipes for cakes, cookies, candies, truffles, cupcakes, tarts, and breads that are tasty, colorful, fun, and decorative. Learn how to build and decorate the perfect gingerbread house, create marzipan elves, make toffee sticks, ginger-flavored chocolates, a gingerbread bowl, fig pie, and decadent chocolate cake with blood oranges. Aside from the sweets, Öhrn includes recipes for a fruit and nut bread, saffron bread, and poppy crisp bread. Along with the recipes, the author provides helpful hints for choosing the best ingredients, gives you valuable baking tips and decorating ideas, and shows you how to properly preserve your finished creations. The beautiful photographs of the delightful treats and winter scenes by Ulrika Pousette make Christmas Baking a very special book filled with treats that everyone will love.
Author: Lou Seibert Pappas Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811830959 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 106
Book Description
A mouthwatering collection of forty traditional and modern cookie recipes, including spicy Gingerbread, Sugar Cookies, French Lemon Wafers, and Mahogany-Iced Brown Bears, provides a captivating history of Christmas cookies and reveals which cookies are best for shipping, fun to bake with kids, and much more.
Author: Lanette Miles Publisher: ISBN: 9781723971563 Category : Languages : en Pages : 71
Book Description
12 Cookies of Christmas, is a cookie cookbook that has well detailed directions, and photos.I love creating traditions and sharing history. I write cookbooks that are really for everyone. These cookies I have used in many kitchens around the globe. I'm excited also to share with you some inspiration, that is part of what I love about what I do the prettiness of the events the ruffles the candles and sparkles. My book is not a "too" fancy that you look and the recipes and don't know what they are, or it's the same cookbook you already have. These are tested recipes from someone who is a wife, mom, aunt and sister first, Then a chef I'm not a home chef I'm a real chef the professional kind. I really value recipes that work, believe me there are so many out there that do not work, but these do! These are my gifts to share. It is my belief that each person in this world has a gift. Amazing food and beautiful events is mine. I create memorable experiences for truly wonderful people. Please let me share my gifts with you! In addition there is some fun historical facts about cookies. We love traditional gingerbread cookies, sugar cookies, our famous eggnog recipe. Alternative to a thumbprint cookie, Christmas fruit in a whole new light! Nutcracker biscotti anyone? This is the perfect book for cookie exchanges or cookie swap. Bringing you some fun new easy ways to decorate cookies. Christmas gifts for your office or gift baskets.
Author: Teresa Miller Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Step into the enchanting world of Christmas baking where the aroma of spices and the joy of the holiday season meld in a symphony of delightful treats! 'Festive Flavors' invites you on a historical and cultural voyage through the cherished tradition of festive baking. This book unveils the rich tapestry of Christmas baking's origins, a tradition rooted in ancient customs from Roman Saturnalia to Norse Yule celebrations, merging seamlessly into modern-day practices. Explore how baking has woven itself into the fabric of seasonal festivities, carrying with it the essence of heritage and family bonds. Delve into a treasury of time-honored recipes, each narrating its own story and symbolizing the spirit of Christmas. Discover the secrets behind beloved classics like intricately decorated sugar cookies, nostalgic gingerbread creations, and aromatic spiced fruitcakes. Yet, beyond these cherished favorites, journey across borders to savor the flavors of global delights such as Italian Panettone, Scottish shortbread, and Mexican Rosca de Reyes. Each recipe not only encapsulates unique tastes but also encapsulates the cultural significance of these international treasures. More than a recipe book, 'Festive Flavors' is a celebration of heritage and togetherness. It offers not just baking techniques, but insights into the symbolism of these confections and their resonance in diverse cultures. Whether you're a seasoned baker seeking new recipes or a beginner aiming to create holiday magic, this book is your companion into the whimsical world of Christmas baking. Unwrap the history, tradition, and warmth that baking brings to the festive season. Infuse your home with the sweet aroma of love and tradition with every whisk and sprinkle. Welcome to a journey where each bake brings us closer to the heart of the holidays.
Author: Linda Raedisch
Author: Joyce Klynstra
Author: Linda Raedisch
Author: James Charlton
Author: Julia Moskin
Author: Janey Louise Jones
Author: Mia Öhrn
Author: Lou Seibert Pappas
Author: Lanette Miles
Author: Teresa Miller