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BakeWise

by Shirley O. Corriher · first published 2008

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  • ksnicholas · Feb 4, 2015 · Recommends

    You might want to check out BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking by Shirley O. Corriher - the author is often featured on Alton Brown's Good Eats.

    on “Cooking Patterns” ↗
  • danesparza · Aug 11, 2015 · Recommends

    …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCI3B5eT9NA ) ==For finances: The Millionaire Next Door (filled with a lot of interesting facts and habits from extensive research) ==For food/cooking: Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking

    on “Ask HN: Books with a high signal to noise ratio?” ↗
  • HillRat · Nov 8, 2015 · Recommends

    …Brown's "Good Eats" was a fantastic cooking show full of great kitchen geekery. I've also heard that "The Four-Hour Chef" (yes, God help us, same guy) is actually a good starter book. Also, "Cookwise" and "Bakewise." Great books. More personally, let me say that the best way to learn how to cook is to go to the market, find some stuff that looks interesting, and then figure out what to do with them. Pretty soon…

    on “Why I Quit Ordering from Uber-For-Food Startups” ↗
  • de_nied · Jan 10, 2021 · Recommends

    …Cooking with Kimiko-san Kimiko's World: Cooking, culture, and festivals of Japan ---[Additional]---: Ruhlman Twenty - Michael Ruhlman White Heat - Marco Pierre White Sauces - James Peterson Cookwise/Bakewise

    on “Cooking for Founders” ↗
  • ceratopisan · Feb 8, 2015 · Mentions

    The BakeWise book is excellent for the listing of principles - the ratios that work for higher-fat/sugar cakes, and so on. The recipes tend to be very sweet, and very wet - i.e. Southern U.S. desserts. However,…

    on “Cooking Patterns” ↗

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