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The Model Bakery Cookbook: 75 Favorite Recipes from the Beloved Napa Valley Bakery

✍️ Rodgers, Rick
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🏛 Chronicle Books 📅 2013 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9781452113838
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📝 Description: The Model Bakery Cookbook: 75 Favorite Recipes from the Beloved Napa Valley Bakery

Featuring Oprah's 2016 Favorite Things English Muffins! This definitive baking guide is the much-anticipated cookbook from the Model Bakery, a mother-daughter-run baking destination with a huge local following that's been wowing the Wine Country for years. And this book of sensational artisan baked goods makes clear why there are lines out the door! Featuring 75 recipes and 60 photos, it's as luscious to look at as their most-requested breads, classic desserts, and fresh pastries--all arrayed here--are to eat. Pain au Levain, Sticky Buns, Peach Streusel Pie, Ginger Molasses Cookies, and many more glorious recipes make this a mouthwatering read and a reference gem for lovers of bread and pastry, cakes and cookies, and, of course, the Model Bakery!

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This book suits those enamored with rustic, handcrafted breads and regional American baking traditions. However, it does not suit readers seeking advanced molecular gastronomy or strictly scientific, data-heavy nutritional analysis. Those looking for global cuisines beyond the California model may find the scope too narrow. While it promises 'glorious' results, the lack of detailed technical explanation in the provided text leaves some ambiguity about its suitability for absolute beginners versus intermediate bakers. It is a visual treat first, a reference second.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This book suits those enamored with rustic, handcrafted breads and regional American baking traditions. However, it does not suit readers seeking advanced molecular gastronomy or strictly scientific, data-heavy nutritional analysis. Those looking for global cuisines beyond the California model may find the scope too narrow. While it promises 'glorious' results, the lack of detailed technical explanation in the provided text leaves some ambiguity about its suitability for absolute beginners versus intermediate bakers. It is a visual treat first, a reference second.

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