The Baker's Companion

Name: The Baker's Companion
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780143773528
Price: 50.0 NZD
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By Allyson Gofton

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Everything you need to know about baking, from the iconic Allyson Gofton. A truly beautiful baking book, chock full of recipes and the accumulated know-how of Allyson Gofton. This is a book to be kept and treasured. There are more than 100 recipes for cakes, biscuits,... Read More

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The Baker's Companion

$50⁰⁰

Elsewhere:

~~$55⁰⁰~~

Description

Everything you need to know about baking, from the iconic Allyson Gofton.

A truly beautiful baking book, chock full of recipes and the accumulated know-how of Allyson Gofton. This is a book to be kept and treasured. There are more than 100 recipes for cakes, biscuits, pies, tarts, slices and brownies, quick bakes, puddings, pavlovas and meringues, bread and yeast baking, with how-tos and hints and tips throughout.

Want to know why your cakes are always too heavy? Why the bottom burns? Can you just melt the butter to save time when creaming it with sugar? When it all goes wrong, what can you do? What can you bake for a friend who can't eat gluten? Find the answers to all this and more in The Baker's Companion.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143773528

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 April 2019

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1340g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Allyson Gofton has been cooking for New Zealanders for nearly 30 years. She is known for her recipes and columns in magazines, her television appearances, radio slots and many personal appearances in the name of charity. She has also written more than 20 cookbooks, including her best-selling series of books Bake, Cook and Slow, as well as the popular Country Calendar Cookbook with Allyson Gofton and Country Calendar Homestead Baking. Allyson also wrote about her year in a small town in the south-west of France, in Recipes from My French Kitchen.

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