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Author: Kay Halsey
Publisher: Whitecap Books
Category: Book

Buy Used: $44.99

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

8 reviews
Sales Rank: 453735

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9.9 x 0.6

ISBN: 1552855031
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
UPC: 779783115033
EAN: 9781552855034
ASIN: 1552855031

Publication Date: September 1, 2003
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Waste of Dough? April 28, 2006
11 out of 22 found this review helpful

If you're having problems with bread dough recipes being too thick or too thin, take a hint from James Beard on Bread: the water content of the flour varies with humidity and weather, and the only way to learn when to add more or less liquids is through practice. Sometimes, lots of practice.

What works for me: as a kid, I'd load up with 5-6 pieces of bubble gum, well-chewed -- good bread dough has about the same look and feel as that bubble gum -- it's just not pink!
Practice -- and best wishes for good luck.

1 out of 5 stars

Did the writers actually test these recipes? September 28, 2004
136 out of 143 found this review helpful

I really wanted to like this book. The photographs are gorgeous and all the recipes sound and look divine. But I have yet to try a recipe from the book that didn't need at least minor tweaking to work, and one of the recipes ended up causing a huge (and expensive) problem.

Some of the problems are minor: The basic pasta dough needs about two tablespoons of water to come together properly, and the spinach pasta will need more. Some aren't so minor: I have no idea what on earth the pretzel recipe is supposed to produce (paving bricks, maybe?), but the dry, stiff, crumbly dough was impossible to work with even after I added a lot of water and kneaded it vigorously with the dough hook and with my hands. I went over the ingredients several times to make sure I didn't miss something, so I'm inclined to wonder if the recipe as it's written in the book is missing an ingredient or a step.

And then there are the downright disastrous problems: The tagliatelle (pasta) recipe produces too much dough for a 5-quart Artisan KitchenAid to handle. The dough clogged the workbowl, jammed the dough hook, and burned out my KA's motor in just a few seconds.

Maybe there are some decent recipes in the book (I'm too afraid to try another one and risk my poor mixer again), but I'd advise fellow KitchenAid addicts to look elsewhere.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent, comprehensive guide & recipes! August 21, 2004
0 out of 22 found this review helpful

Exactly the right book to go with your KitchenAid stand mixer, or any other mixer for that matter! Apparently written with support from KitchenAid, this book has a nice history of the stand mixer, descriptions for the use of each attachment, and a handy chart cross-referencing recipes with required attachments (and country of origin for the recipe).
Each recipe has icons for the attachment(s) needed, how much time is required for preparation, and complete, clear instructions for making the dish, including how to use the attachment(s), including proper speed number. Most recipes have nice photos of the finished dish, and many have photos showing preparation steps.
This book has been very well thought out. I'm looking forward to creating many of these dishes!

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