Milk Street Bakes - by Christopher Kimball (Hardcover)

About the Book

"For 12 titles now, the Milk Street team has taken recipes, flavors, techniques and ingredients from all over the world and used them to deliver tried and tested meals to your home kitchen for every night of the week; now, for its fitting baker's dozen title, the team brings you Milk Street Bakes, an ode to the art of baking, with the classic Milk Street touch. With the breadth of Milk Street: Vegetables, this title will teach you to bake better, using cookies, pies, breads and bars as the basis for true teaching moments that will equip the reader with the tools they need for the perfect bake, every time. Chapters are divided into sections that teach, with recipes such as Browned Butter-Cardamom Banana Bread that will test out Olive Oil vs. Butter; Italian Almond Crumb Cookies that will teach you How the Frozen Cookie Crumbles; Portuguese Cornbread that will cover the basics of Do-Ahead Bread; Inverted Pizza that will answer the question Why Wet Crusts Make for a Crisper Crunch; and Brandied Cherry Frangipane Tart that will deliver a lesson on Puff Pastry 101. Addressing the subject Christopher Kimball himself is best known for, Milk Street Bakes is the title the Milk Street audience has been waiting for"--

Book Synopsis

Turn your kitchen into the world's best bakery with this "comprehensive [and] extraordinarily useful" collection of 200 sweet and savory baking recipes from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street (Booklist, starred review)

The American baking repertoire may be unparalleled in our claim to pies, biscuits, and cakes. But step off a plane in London, Mexico City, Istanbul, or Paris, and you realize how much more there we can learn about the art of simple, delicious baked goods.

We found a simple Spanish almond cake that uses no wheat flour. Loaf cakes that balance the sugar with slightly-bitter rye. Super-creamy Basque cheesecake that requires no water bath. Mexican sweet corn cake made in a blender. Or Catalan biscotti, sticky chocolate cake from Sweden, and crispy spinach and cheese borek from Türkiye.

We also include forgotten American recipes such as maple-glazed hermits and new classics such as peanut butter banana cream pie. And we go beyond sweets to include yeasted breads, savory tarts, pizzas, and flatbreads (some made in a skillet in minutes).

Most of these recipes are easier than you'd think, from beer pretzels to Danish dream cake. But in baking, the little things count--so Milk Street is here to help you avoid pitfalls with recipes that you can count on.

Our promise to you is that you will become the best baker you know!

Review Quotes

"Learn to master everything from pizza crusts, crackers and cakes to breads, pies and puddings with detailed -- but not over the top -- instructions... for all levels of cooks/bakers."--Minnesota Star Tribune

"If you're looking for an all-purpose baking source, this is it. Learn to master everything from pizza crusts, crackers and cakes to breads, pies and puddings with detailed--but not over the top--instructions.... What I like most about Milk Street books is that they're approachable for all levels of cooks/bakers. Beginners aren't overwhelmed, and those of us who have been in the kitchen for a minute still learn something new."--Nicole Hvidsten, Minnesota Star Tribune

"Milk Street Bakes has your back for pretty much any floury situation you might get into."--NPR (Books We Love 2024)

"Milk Street Bakes is global in outlook, featuring recipes you're not likely to find in any old baking book." --WTTW Chicago

"Milk Street Bakes entices you with a must-bake gem for today, and an irresistible list of what you need to bake next."--Life Hacker

"A new treasure trove of over 200 recipes to satisfy all your baked good cravings."--BookBub

"Comprehensive... extraordinarily useful... Exceptional international coverage makes this a great choice for ambitious bakers."--Booklist (starred review)

"From sticky cake to olive focaccia, this new cookbook is a baker's dream!" --Suzie Wiley, King5

About the Author

Christopher Kimball's Milk Street is located at 177 Milk Street in downtown Boston and is dedicated to changing the way America cooks with new flavor combinations and techniques learned around the world. Milk Street is home to Milk Street TV, a three-time Emmy Award winning public television show, a James Beard Award-winning bimonthly magazine, an award-winning radio show/podcast, a cooking school, and an online retail store with over 1,500 kitchen tools and ingredients. Milk Street is the author of 10 cookbooks, including "Cookish," "Vegetables," and the James Beard winning "Milk Street: Tuesday Nights." Milk Street also invests in non-profit outreach, partnering with FoodCorp, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston and the Boys & Girls club of Dorchester.