Dessert is a Work of ArtCreate unforgettable pastries that are as delicious as they are showstopping with this collection of astonishing illusion entremets recipes. Accomplished pastry chef and instructor, Fred Csibi-Levin shares the secrets to crafting impressive trompe l’oeil desserts: edible optical illusions filled with your choice of mousses, sponges, fruit fillings, and more. Layered with innovative flavor combinations, tempting textural components, and artfu...

Your Complete Macaron MasterclassThe ultimate handbook to creating one of the most notoriously challenging cookies, this comprehensive resource has everything you need to know to create consistently fantastic macarons. Scientist-turned-pastry chef Fred Csibi-Levin unravels common issues like deflated meringue, flattened feet and fragile shells. No more wondering what went wrong—Fred’s clear explanations, photo examples and practical advice will give you the skills ...

In this comprehensive cookbook, America's Test Kitchen breaks down the often intimidating art and science of bread baking, making it easy for anyone to create foolproof, bakery-quality breads at home.Many home cooks find bread baking rewarding but intimidating. In Bread Illustrated, America's Test Kitchen shows bakers of all levels how to make foolproof breads, rolls, flatbreads, and more at home. Each master recipe is presented as a hands-on and reassuring tutoria...

Freeze, dry, can, root cellar, and brine your favorite produce right at home. Janet Chadwick’s introduction to the world of preserving provides step-by-step instructions and inspiring easy-to-follow recipes. Pick up a crate of inexpensive, less-than-perfect tomatoes at the farmers’ market and turn them into jars of spicy salsa, or buy a few extra peaches and can a delicious batch of jam to serve with Sunday breakfast. You’ll extend the summer harvest and find yourself serving up delicious,...

Every home cook's essential step-by-step guide to canning and preserving 100 can't-fail sweet and savory recipes, from tried-and-true classics to modern updates.The experts at America's Test Kitchen show you how to easily (and safely) make homemade everything—from fruity jams with beautiful summer berries to piquant pickles from raw vegetables of all kinds—with detailed tutorials, troubleshooting tips, equipment information, instruction on doubling batches, and ins...

A collection of 30 small batch preserving recipes and 90 recipes in which to use the preserved goods for anyone who's ever headed to their local farmers' market reciting the mantra "I will not overbuy" but has lumbered home with bags overflowing with delicious summer strawberries, zucchini blossoms, and tomatoes, or autumn apples, pears, and cauliflower.Preserving recipes like Marinated Baby Artichokes are followed by recipes for dishes like Marinated Artichoke and...

The expert baker behind Kansas City's Farm to Market Bread Co. shares his natural starter secrets in this complete guide to baking artisanal bread.There's nothing quite like the pure, simple pleasure of freshly baked bread. And few bakers know bread like Mark Friend, founder of Kansas City's Farm to Market Bread Company. For more than twenty-five years, Kansas Citians have enjoyed Mark's fresh-baked creations. Now he teaches you how to bake their own artisanal sourd...

Growing vegetables and raising livestock is only the beginning of a successful homestead — that fresh food goes to waste unless you can properly prepare, cook, and preserve it. Andrea Chesman shows you how to bridge the gap between field and table, covering everything from curing meats and making sausage to canning fruits and vegetables, milling flour, working with sourdough, baking no-knead breads, making braises and stews that can be adapted to different cuts of meat, rendering lard and ...

A comprehensive, year-round guide to jellies, jams, conserves, preserves, and marmalades, featuring over 100 recipes.If you love to cook, are crazy for fruit, or have even a passing interest in jam or marmalade, Rachel Saunders's James Beard Award–nominated Blue Chair Jam Cookbook is the book for you. Rachel's legendary Bay Area jam company, Blue Chair Fruit, earned instant fame for its intensely flavored preserves when it launched in 2008. Rachel's passion...

While "bread" once implied a simple, sliced white loaf from the supermarket, consumers have begun to consider the product in a more sophisticated light. Bread enthusiasts are more aware of the diverse array of high-quality breads than ever before and are seeking out handmade artisan products at local farmers' markets, organic grocery stores, specialty shops…even the Internet. Baking Artisan Bread will show that finding these specialty breads is as easy as looking in your own kitchen! Bakin...

Step-by-Step Canning Recipes for Bold, Fresh Flavors All Year LongPreserve nature's bounty and enjoy seasonal ingredients throughout the year with over one hundred water-bath and pressure canning recipes. Offering a mix of classic, creative, and modern flavor profiles, DIY Canning makes it easy for novice and experienced canners alike to share in this time-honored cooking tradition.Learn water-bath and pressure canning techniques easily and safely with detailed, step-by-ste...

This essential companion for putting your food dehydrator to work features instructions and techniques for creating dried versions of your favorite foods.You’ll learn to dry fruits and vegetables at their peak, giving you an easy and economical way to stock your pantry with apple rings, mango slices, banana chips, dried soup beans, tomatoes, and much more for year-round enjoyment. In addition, drying guidelines for specialty items like meat jerky, fruit leather, dr...