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Paul Hollywood has chosen over 100 recipes that mean the most to him, the ones he has perfected over the years and that sum up a baker’s life. From learning at his father’s knee to the heights of Great British Bake Off, Paul Hollywood has been striving for excellence throughout his career and now these recipes have been adapted for home bakers. An interesting and rounded collection of recipes, as you would expect, an ideal starting point for cooks wanting to learn new recipes and techniques and also to build up a core baking repertoire. ~ Sue Baker
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Reviewed by Sue BakerSue Baker has for many years been a regular non-fiction reviewer to the book trade and is one of Lovereading's founder book experts.
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A Baker's Life contains 100 of Paul Hollywood's very best baking recipes, which have been finessed over the length of his thirty-year career. Each chapter is filled with bakes that represent a different decade - learning the basics at his father's bakery; honing his pastry skills in the finest hotels; discovering the bold flavours of the Middle East while working in Cyprus; and finding fame with the phenomenally popular Great British Bake Off television series.
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A Baker's Life contains 100 of Paul Hollywood's very best baking recipes, which have been finessed over the length of his thirty-year career. Each chapter is filled with bakes that represent a different decade - learning the basics at his father's bakery; honing his pastry skills in the finest hotels; discovering the bold flavours of the Middle East while working in Cyprus; and finding fame with the phenomenally popular Great British Bake Off television series.
Thanks to this book (and its clear step-by-step instructions), recipes that Paul has spent years perfecting can be recreated at home. Favourites include garlic baguettes; feta and chive bread; chorizo and chilli Scotch eggs; mum's ginger biscuits; double chocolate Danish twists; and hazelnut cappuccino cake. With photos from the old family albums and many anecdotes and professional insights into what makes a great baker, A Baker's Life will show you how to bring the skills of a lifetime into your own kitchen.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781408846377 |
| Publication date: |
3rd March 2022 |
| Author: |
Paul Hollywood |
| Publisher: |
Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
256 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Cookery, Food and Drink
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Paul Hollywood Press Reviews
TV's rising star . . . The greatest expert in the history of British television. - The Guardian
Home baking is all the rage--thanks in no small way to Paul Hollywood. - The Sunday Telegraph
A good, straightforward book that illuminates the process of working with yeast without going into the kind of bread-head detail that would alarm the casual bystander. - Metro (UK) on PAUL HOLLYWOOD'S BREAD
Everyone loves pies, everyone loves him. Three cheers all round, then, for these comforting recipes from the silver fox of baking. - Delicious on PAUL HOLLYWOOD'S PIES AND PUDS -
TV's rising star . . . The greatest expert in the history of British television.- - The Guardian
Home baking is all the rage--thanks in no small way to Paul Hollywood.- - The Sunday Telegraph-
A good, straightforward book that illuminates the process of working with yeast without going into the kind of bread-head detail that would alarm the casual bystander.- - Metro (UK) on PAUL HOLLYWOOD'S BREAD
Everyone loves pies, everyone loves him. Three cheers all round, then, for these comforting recipes from the silver fox of baking.- - Delicious on PAUL HOLLYWOOD'S PIES AND PUDS
About Paul Hollywood
The son of a baker, Paul Hollywood has shot to fame with his role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off. He worked as Head Baker at exclusive hotels including Cliveden and the Dorchester and he went on to launch The Paul Hollywood Artisan Bread Company, which now supplies Harrods among others.
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