Pastry Love: A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes

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A must-have baking bible from the James Beard awardwinning baker and owner of the beloved Flour bakeries in Boston.

James Beard awardwinning baker Joanne Changis best known around the country for her eight acclaimed Flour bakeries in Boston. Changhas published two books based on the offerings at Flour, such as her famous sticky buns, but Pastry Loveis her most personal and comprehensive book yet. Itincludes 125 dessert recipes for many things she could never serve in the setting of a bakeryfor example, items thatare best served warm or with whipped cream on top. Nothing makes Chang happier than baking and sharing treats with others, and that passion comes through in every recipe, such as Strawberry Slab Pie, Mocha Chip Cookies, and Malted Chocolate Cake. The recipes start off easy such as Lemon Sugar Cookiesand build up to showstoppers like Passion Fruit Crepe Cake. The book also includes master lessons and essential techniques for making pastry cream, lemon curd, puff pastry, and more, all of which make this book a must-have for beginners and expert home bakers alike.

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Joanne does more than just share her recipes. She also shares her love for what she does, and thats what all great bakers and chefs dothey teach you to cook for the soul, not just the palate. First you find love for baking, then you bake.Dominique Ansel, Chef/Owner, Dominique Ansel Bakery and Kitchen This may be my fave book of Joannes YET!!! If there is anyone who understands the magic power of a warm muffin or a flaky, buttery croissant to brighten someones day, its my girl Joanne Chang.Pastry Loveis everything you want in a baking guide. With it open on my kitchen counter, oven heating, mixing bowl ready to get into the mix, I feel exactly as I do when I walk into a Flour Bakery in Bostonwelcomed, loved, and right at home.Christina Tosi, Chef/Owner, Milk Bar From kicking off the day with Nutty Seedy Breakfast Cookies, to Peppermint Kisses as an after-dinner treat (with a stellar assortment of cakes, cookies, pies, and candies in between),Pastry Loveis Joanne Changs best collection of recipes yet! She is a rare combination of enthusiasm, talent, and passionanything Joanne bakes, I want to eat.David Lebovitz, Author ofMy Paris KitchenandThe Perfect Scoop This stunning book offers a superb window into the immense skill set of Americas premiere baking goddess. I am obsessed with everything Joanne bakes, and Flour is a bakery I visit on every trip to Boston. I could go on and on about the technical perfection, the absurd quality of the baked goodies and their recipes, and the ease of use for the casual baker all pillars ofPastry Love. Joanne really only has one goal in life, and thats making people happy. She is the person we all want to be in the kitchen with, fingertips still slick with butter, the smell of caramel in the air, an icy glass of milk at the ready and those insane chocolate chip cookies emerging from the warm, reassuring oven thats keeping us company.Andrew Zimmern, Chef, Author, Television Personality Rejoice! At last we have another Joanne Chang book to bake through. From breakfast sweets, breads, and pies to show-off cakes and snacks as irresistible as sticky-bun popcorn,Pastry Loveis chockablock with recipes we all want to make, and each is written so clearly that even first-timers can succeed. This book wont last ten minutes before itll be smudged with buttera true sign of a bakers love.Dorie Greenspan, author ofEveryday DorieandDories Cookies

Author Bio

An honors graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics, JOANNE CHANG left a career as a management consultant to enter the world of professional cooking.She started at Bostons renowned Biba, then Bentonwood Bakery, Rialto, and New Yorks Payard Patisserie and Bistro, and finally Mistral. She returned to Boston with dreams of opening her own pastry shop. In 2000, she opened Flour, a bakery and caf, and has since opened seven more locations in Boston and Cambridge. Flour has been featured inGourmet,Food & Wine,Bon Apptit, theNew York Times, andCond Nast Travelerand has received numerous Best of Boston awards. Chang also competed, and won, onThrowdown with Bobby Flay. In 2007, she opened a Chinese restaurant, Myers+Chang, with her husband, Christopher Myers. She is the author of four other cookbooksand was the recipient of a James Beard Award in 2016 for Outstanding Baker in America.