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Baking in America Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the Past 200 Years
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Baking in America Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the Past 200 Years Trade cloth - 2002

by Greg Patent

This groundbreaking collection encompasses both sweet and savory favorites: yeast breads and quick breads, layer cakes and loaf cakes, doughnuts and fruit desserts, pies and simple pastries. Taking as his starting point 1796, the year the first American cookbook was published, Greg Patent, an accomplished baker, has mined sources from across the country for exemplary baking recipes by and for home cooks. Perusing old cookbooks, journals, and handwritten diaries from libraries and private archives, he has skillfully recreated treasured recipes or used them as inspiration for his own thoroughly up-to-date creations.

Included are historical finds like the original Parker House Rolls; Lindy’s Cheesecake, from the world-famous New York restaurant; and a sensationally easy butterscotch cake that won a national baking contest in 1954. Here as well are hundreds of contemporary standouts, such as Malted Milk Chocolate Layer Cake, Blueberry–Lemon Curd Streusel Muffins, Peaches and Cream Cobbler, and Raised Potato Doughnuts.


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This groundbreaking collection encompasses both sweet and savory favorites: yeast breads and quick breads, layer cakes and loaf cakes, doughnuts and fruit desserts, pies and simple pastries. Taking as his starting point 1796, the year the first American cookbook was published, Greg Patent, an accomplished baker, has mined sources from across the country for exemplary baking recipes by and for home cooks. Perusing old cookbooks, journals, and handwritten diaries from libraries and private archives, he has skillfully recreated treasured recipes or used them as inspiration for his own thoroughly up-to-date creations.

Included are historical finds like the original Parker House Rolls; Lindy’s Cheesecake, from the world-famous New York restaurant; and a sensationally easy butterscotch cake that won a national baking contest in 1954. Here as well are hundreds of contemporary standouts, such as Malted Milk Chocolate Layer Cake, Blueberry–Lemon Curd Streusel Muffins, Peaches and Cream Cobbler, and Raised Potato Doughnuts.

First line

Breads, glorious breads-crusty, chewy, many made with whole grains-were the foundation of a housewife's baking repertoire during the early European settlement of our country.

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  • Title Baking in America Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the Past 200 Years
  • Author Greg Patent
  • Binding Trade Cloth
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 560
  • Language EN
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Date November 1, 2002
  • ISBN 9780618048311

Media reviews

"(R)eading Greg Patent's masterfully researched book with his inspiring recipes is a feast in itself, and baking from it fills you with a sense of pride and participation in the ongoing evolution of American baking." - Flo Braker, author of The Baker's Dozen Cookbook, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, and Sweet Miniatures

"(A) remarkable book containing recipes from the past plus many contemporary recipes. It's also a valuable course. . . that you can take at home without going to baking school." - Marion Cunningham, author of The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

"The qualities that distinguish American baking are the very qualities that distinguish this epic book and American cuisine itself: simplicity, straightforwardness, experimentation." - Betty Fussell, author of I hear America Cooking

"Although rooted in the past, all the recipes ring with a note of welcome surprise. Baking in America is certainly destined to last." - Deborah Madison, author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

"Old-fashioned never seemed so hip. This is the first book I'll go to when I want to bake." - Jill Melton, senior editor, Cooking Light

"Traditional American cuisine has gotten short shrift for far too long. Greg Patent has made a valuable contribution by bringing to our attention its long and delicious history." - Russ Parsons, author of How to Read a French Fry and food editor of the Los Angeles Times

"While some books are just collections of recipes, ths book contains the soul of our baking history as well as that of the author. For any baker, this is a gem." - Brinna Sands, owner of the King Arthur Flour Company and author of The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook

"This important edition is a 'must'have' for you culinary library." - Carole Walter, author of Great Cakes and Great Pies and Tarts

"From time to time, the right writer finds the right subject and after a long time - usually - a book appears that is so solid and true and timeless that it may become a classic. Such is the case with Greg Patent and his new book. . . (Baking in America is) a good read and a clarion call to the kitchen." - William Rice, Chicago Tribune

"Provid(es) superb insight to the traditions and influences that have made American baking so varied and rich." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"Irresistible to anyone interested in the rich traditions and history of American baking. Highly recommended." Library Journal Starred

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