The Little French Bakery cookbook sweet & savory recipes and tales from a pastry chef and her cooking school

"Susan was a nurse turned road warrior teaching medical professionals to use computer software. But on the weekends, her hobby was baking -- usually while dreaming about mastering French pastry. While searching for a New England baking course, she mistakenly received information about Le Cordon...

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Main Author: Holding, Susan M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [S.I.] Skyhorse Pub Co Inc., 2014.
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Summary: "Susan was a nurse turned road warrior teaching medical professionals to use computer software. But on the weekends, her hobby was baking -- usually while dreaming about mastering French pastry. While searching for a New England baking course, she mistakenly received information about Le Cordon Bleu's pastry program in Paris. After careful consideration of the program and completing the application process, she was accepted, and off to Paris she went. Within a year she graduated with honors, left her nursing career, and opened her own bakery and cooking school, the Little French Bakery, in Wisconsin. The Little French Bakery Cookbook takes us through Susan's stories of success and mishap during her days at pastry school in France. These charming stories are interwoven between one hundred recipes that she has mastered since her days at school. Readers will find recipes both savory and sweet, with delicious flavors that will take them on their own trip to the City of Light. Enjoy such recipes as: Kitchen sink cookies; Tarte aux Pommes; Onion soup; Boeuf Bourguignon; Oven roasted brussels sprouts and cauliflower. While French cuisine can seem intimidating, Susan provides equipment lists, and her own hints and tips to aid readers in becoming the master of their kitchen. Find step-by-step photos to create seemingly difficult pastries at home. Whether new to baking or comfortable in the kitchen, everyone will find something new in The Little French Bakery Cookbook. Embark on your own culinary adventure and taste the delights of Paris!"--From publisher's website.
Physical Description: 268 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9781629145518
1629145513
Author Notes: Susan Holding enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu's Paris pastry program in 1998, leaving behind her successful nursing career. After completing the Diplôme de Pâtisserie with honors, she opened the Little French Bakery and Cooking School. Susan began blogging her heartfelt and humorous culinary stories in 2010, taking her readers with her on the journey. A self-taught photographer, Susan styles and photographs her recipes. She has continued her culinary education participating in classes with Colette Peters, Béatrice Peltre, Joy Wilson, Susan Herrmann-Loomis, and François Payard.