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Fabulous Modern Cookies

Lessons in Better Baking for Next-Generation Treats
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Fabulous Modern Cookies by Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor is a culinary adventure merging creativity and science to reinvent the classic cookie. The book introduces innovative flavour combinations and unique techniques, offering a fresh twist on traditional recipes. It's perfect for home bakers looking to expand their cookie-making repertoire with exciting and modern variations.
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You might enjoy this delightful cookbook if you're passionate about baking and eager to experiment with innovative flavours and creative designs. The authors combine science and art to craft cookie recipes that are both delicious and visually stunning, making it perfect for both novice and seasoned bakers looking to impress.

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With bolder-than-ever flavours and spectacularly scientific techniques, the American โ€œcookieโ€ has truly never been more fabulous

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One of NPR's "Books We Love" 2022

Do we need another cookie book? As far as I'm concerned, the answer is always "yes." Here we have the classic cookie food groups (bar, drop, rolled, slice-and-bake, etc.), but they've been wickedly turbocharged with unique flavour hacks. Why wouldn't you insinuate a layer of ganache into your black-bottom lemon squares? Why wouldn't you powder freeze-dried raspberries for your sugar cookies? And for heaven's sake, why wouldn't you add milk powder to your browned butter for the world's most insanely malty chocolate chip cookies? Prepare your secret-stash cookie jar, folks โ€“ you're gonna need it. - T. Susan Chang for NPR

Delicious and dazzling...for cookie fanatics, this one is sure to be a hit! - Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin bring a fresh perspective and heaps of creativity to everything they bake. Now reinventing America's most traditional handheld dessertโ€”the cookieโ€”they offer 100 reliable and exciting recipes that are sure to impress. From Pumpkin Snickercrinkles to Black-Bottom Lemon Squares, and Coffee Bean Crunchers to Bronze Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, these are next-level cookies.

Combining their passion for serious baking with their professional backgrounds as accomplished scientists, Taylor and Arguin apply new methods and modern ingredient pairings to develop novel base recipes with innovative techniques. In these pages, they share what they've learned in lively tips and tricks for every recipe and style of cookie. Complete with mouthwatering photos, options to make ahead, decorate, or infinitely adapt, these outside-the-box recipes are the very definition of fabulous.

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Fabulous Modern Cookies by Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor receives praise for its innovative and humorous approach to cookie baking. Both expert instruction and creative flavour combinations are highlighted, offering 100 unique cookie recipes that push traditional boundaries. The book incorporates scientific techniques and unconventional ingredients to enhance flavours, appealing to both baking enthusiasts and perfectionists with its detailed guides and playful rhymes.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781682686591

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Countryman Press Inc.

Illustration: 100 color photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 206.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 795g

Pages: 360

About the Author

Paul Arguin is an accomplished scientist and baker. Alongside his husband Chris Taylor, he is the co-author of the IACP award-nominated The New Pie (2019). He lives with his husband in Atlanta, Georgia. Chris Taylorย is an accomplished scientist and baker. Alongside his husband Paul Arguin, he is the co-author of the IACP award-nominatedย The New Pieย (2019). He lives with his husband in Atlanta, Georgia.

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