If you are a seasoned bread maker looking for tasty new bread recipes or baking techniques including how to bake bread in an air fryer or slow cooker or if you are new to breadmaking, The Complete Starter Guide to Making Bread is for you. With more than 35 years of experience as a recipe and food writer, author Kathryn Hawkins understands the importance of providing clear, concise, and easy-to-follow instructions for creating the perfect loaf of bread. Chapters include the history of bread and breadmaking, essential ingredients, and breadmaking techniques including kneading, proofing, knocking-back, shaping, baking, cooling, slicing, and storing. The 30 sweet and savory recipes include the classic white loaf, soda bread, cinnamon bread, whole wheat loaf, focaccia, cornbread, and a variety of gluten-free and vegan versions.
Pastry is one of the most comforting foods and is used the world over. In Comfort Pie, Kathryn Hawkins shares recipes for all the different types of pastry and for 70 glorious pies. There are large family pies as well as individual ones, pies for parties and pies for dessert. Easy step-by-step instructions make every pie within reach of the average home cook. The book includes recipes for sweet and savoury pies, and for pastries and tarts. From beef and onion clanger to sausage and apple plait, and from ratatouille pie to plum and almond crostata, there is something for everyone. Youll love the Puff Pastry, Macaroni Cheese Pies, Just Peachy Filo Crisp, and Mini Pork and Chorizo Picnic Pies. Also included are dishes from all over the world, from American apple pie to French tarte aux pommes, and from Tunisian tuna bricks to delicate sweet pastries from the Middle East.
What could be more satisfying than growing your own fruit and vegetables and then eating them, freshly picked? Theres no need to have lots of land: it can be done anywherein windowsill containers, balconies, and small backyards. This combination growing guide and cookbook explains how anyone, anywhere can go straight from pot to pan. It offers: - A how-to of cultivation: tools and materials, containers, and siting - An illustrated AZ vegetable, herb and fruit directory, with each entry listing planting, siting, maintenance and harvesting details, plus storing and freezing instructions - A cookbook chapter, with 25 fresh, simple recipes for appetizers, entrees, and desserts This is the perfect book for a holistic, healthy lifestyle!