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I have a lot of bread books, and I will recommend Hamelman's <em>Bread</em> until I die. And then I will be cremated with it.
I've been baking bread professionally for 6 or 7 years and it is, by far, the book I reference the most. Accessible for beginners, but substantial enough for a professional. The levain (sourdough) section is wonderful and informative.
I rarely recommend Tartine for beginners. Chad's high hydration doughs can be really unforgiving for some and will quickly deter the less... determined. That being said, if you find yourself enjoying the pursuit, Chad Robertson is the king of artisan bread in the States, and that book does have a lot to offer. I do love it.
Also, I generally suggest avoiding Peter Reinhart when it comes to learning sourdough.
For years I had a a fear of making bread due to the vagueness of 'warm water' and the messiness. . I like to bake cakes and stuff because of the math. At one point I just said forget it and did a little amazon shopping and found Bread Baking for Beginners which so far to me is a great tutorial. The first chapter is no knead recipes that are pretty simple. I don't know if my bread 'looks good', I might have to start posting photos, but I know my wife really likes it.
It's four ingredients, it's pretty simple. I'd suggest it to anyone
Bonnie Ohara, Bread Baking for Beginners
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Link: https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Baking-Beginners-Essential-No-Knead/dp/1641521198
Are you familiar with the YouTube channel How to Cook That? If you're into baking cakes and desserts, I think you'll really enjoy her content. She also has a recipe book available on Amazon!
I know you're going to get food and drink, but I highly recommend The Geeky Chef Cookbook
Haven't tried his recipes or tips yet as I've only recently discovered his channel (he's a brit) but hear good things about Al's Kitchen.
Bookwise, also heard good things about 'Made in India: 130 Simple, Fresh and Flavourful Recipes from One Indian Family'
Where you are and what you like curry wise (or have tried so far) will also influence your choices. Plus how authentic and original you want to go in the curry making endeavour!
I got into the bento lunchbox thing a while ago but kiddo is picky and also likes school lunch, so I got out of it. I still have a lot of the supplies. She’s been asking for a sack lunch, so I’m going to start doing them again. But simple. My husband loves the wee toothpicks, but kiddo will lose them.
If you are interested, get a bento book. This one is great as it tells you the basics for building a box so you can come up with a lunch that suits you. A lot of the bentos in the book utilize leftovers and are easily substituted, and quite a few are more “American” in the taste. It can be quick and simple or complex.
The whole idea of bento, of course, is to get kids to eat a healthy, balanced meal. So if your kid doesn’t like carrots, maybe cut it in the shape of a flower, then they eat it. If that’s not an issue with your kids? 🤷♀️ why bother? And don’t worry too much about the looks. Focus first on food you know the kid eats. Maybe one cute thing in there. Pretty boxes are enough.
If you have a good Asian market in your town, they should also have a good section on bento supplies. There is also Amazon.
But ultimately, recognize this is a cultural thing in Japan that is being adopted by Instagram culture. Don’t feel bad about not doing it.
The Geeky Chef series! There are 5 and I recently picked up 3 of them through one of the Humble Bundle ebook deals lol. I love them so much!
I've bought https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Bakers-Book-Techniques-Recipes/dp/1118132718 (at least I think it's this one, the translated version I bought has a different cover) for cheap, is this book a good resource to learn making bread from scratch?
I used the recipe from this book. I highly recommend it for anyone that's making bread, experienced or not. It does a great job of explaining everything in layman's terms and troubleshooting when things go wrong.
Ann Reardon, a food scientist and pastry chef, is releasing her first cookbook in June. She has a wonderful YouTube channel called “How To Cook That” and gives fantastic tips on how to make things turn out the way they’re supposed to. I highly recommend her for this kind of thing.
For reference, I used the Intermediate Sourdough recipe from Baking Bread for Beginners
It’s 850g of white bread flour and 150g of whole wheat flour (and my starter actually uses rye as well). Fermentation is actually only 5 hours in a warm place, which seems weird but works. Highly recommend getting the book I linked, literally my bible.
Hope this helps!
I am a big fan of “bread baking for beginners” it’s got a nice easy intro with good breakdowns and the why’s. It’s also easy to follow! My lady got it for me and kickstarted it my baking!
I got it on Amazon. It's available on Kindle, but there's nothing like a hardcover book. :)
We follow this book. It stresses the importance of making sure you’re aware that making bread is chemistry and you need to pay attention to a lot more than just mixing ingredients.
https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Baking-Beginners-Essential-No-Knead/dp/1641521198
I highly recommend Bonnie Ohara’s book - Bread Baking for Beginners! I just started a couple of weeks ago and I really like the format of her book.
Sourdough is an advanced bread so I’d suggest staring with a no knead bread and you just need flour, salt, yeast, and water as ingredients.
I experimented a lot with doughs, over the last two years but my go to one right now is really light and easy to make - takes about 3 hours from start to finish, its from the book called Bread Baking for Beginners. A really amazing book and it's on sale. https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Baking-Beginners-Essential-No-Knead/dp/1641521198/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=9R5CXJ75K6KN&cv_ct_cx=bread+baking+for+beginners&dchild=1&keywords=bread+baking+for+beginners&pd_rd_i=1641521198&...
Hey :) I studied Japanese for 8 years and got really into making bento boxes Here’s a couple of bento box recipe books I own and highly recommend:
Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594744475/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_LFSgFb3D8M20X
The Just Bento Cookbook: Everyday Lunches To Go https://www.amazon.com/dp/1568363931/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CISgFb8H0WPV8
The recipes are peanut free (The Japanese don’t tend to use peanut at all) There are a couple of recipes for omelettes or hard boiled egg but pretty much none with hidden egg so it’s easy to swap out with something else
The recipe is in her book. You can find it on Amazon Baking for Beginners Bonnie O’Hara for kindle or the physical book for a bit more. This book is worth it!
There is a British one. A Girl Called Jack don't buy it from amazon, check ebay and other 2nd hand book places. Or keep an eye on the amazon kindle price (she's knocked it down to 99p a few times).
It's the premise of the entire book, and a later one called cooking on a bootstrap.
If you really can't afford it, check out her website. She archives all of her recipes on there, she also blogs political stuff aimed at the austerity stuff in the uk, because she's been there. But you don't have to read through it to get to the recipes.
Any techniques she mentions that you're not sure on, have a look as t the BBC Good Food website, they usually have tutorials for anything little bit complicated.
I wish she'd been writing cookbooks when I was in that position!
She's gone vegan in recent years, but not all of her recipes are because she started writing cookbooks before she went vegan, and she still writes non-vegan recipes because she is writing for her audience. Although, there's not loads of meat because its expensive.
Her newest book, tin can cook, is aimed at people who are relying on food banks, most of which give out tinned food to people, so if you are in that situation, there are recipes for that too.
And I'd also head over to r/frugal to help get through your financial stuff, if you haven't already. Most of us have been there and it's shite, but you can get through it. I think the best advice I ever got was to sit down and deal with it head on, make a full list of how bad it is so you can make a plan to deal with it.
Good luck and if you just need to talk to someone, to vent or anything, I'm only an inbox away x
> It’s in Bonnie Oharas book “bread making for beginners”! On IG as @alchemybread
Just a head's up, I think you may have meant Bread <em>Baking</em> for Beginners by Bonnie Ohara
The recipe is from Bonnie Ohara’s book Bread Baking for Beginners
Thank you so much!!! I would highly encourage you to try making it! ��
I got the recipe from Bread by Hamelman. Here's a pic https://imgur.com/gallery/D5EwT
The book is probably my favorite cook book and full of incredible bread recipes. Here's a link
Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118132718/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fS0tzbN0J0JG7
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0718178947/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718178947&linkCode=as2&tag=agirlcalledjack-21 her last book came out over 2 years ago.I'd bet the next one is not far down the pipeline. She needs to re-energize and enlarge her public profile whilst improving her public perception after the tweet about David Cameron and his son http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/24/jack-monroe-hashtag-david-cameron_n_6210658.html. What better way than portraying yourself a victim of hate who fights the cause. whilst appearing on the BBC looking like your about to burst in to tears at any moment.
You'll have to tell me if any of your attempts at re-creation work out.
Also of note, taking a quarter of an hour to Google "pickled moose fat recipes" yields no results.
Also also of note, I just remembered a tangentially related cookbook my wife got for Xmas: https://www.amazon.com/Geeky-Chef-Cookbook-Real-Life-Unofficial/dp/163106049X
Ça tombe bien que ce soit mardi. Je viens de tomber sur ce livre : The Geeky Chef Cookbook
Aucune recette n'a l'air très bonne, mais c'est très rigolo pour des soirées à thème, des anniversaires, etc.
Pour un cadeau de Noël ça coute 21€
I recommend the Knife Skills book. Lots of pictures and clear instructions on how to cut food. You can skip the part about the crabs if you'd like. :|
I find the recipes by Jack Monroe to be delicious as well as very cheap to cook. They're on the website Cooking on a Bootstrap but I think the book A Girl Called Jack is definitely worth the money.