Food52 Baking: 60 Sensational Treats You Can Pull Off in a Snap (Food52 Works)

I consider myself an excellent but amateur baker. I ordered this cookbook/baking book wanting some recipes that would protect my reputation as a baker, yet were easier/quicker to pull off if time was short. I can already tell this book will deliver. It has beautiful photos of each recipe (a must). It also has a delightful introduction for each recipe that provides context and ideas. Day 1 I chose to make Cream Cheese Cookies during my lunch break. Why? Because I am almost out of eggs and it didn't call for any, plus I needed to use up some cream cheese left over from a fancy cake I made last weekend. They were easy, one bowl, and delicious. I can easily look through the book and chose from several recipes based on what I have in the house. I highly recommend and will be looking for more cookbooks by FOOD52.

Good god I love this book. Everything about it! The size (on the smaller size, which is rare but it makes it easier to move around the kitchen), the organization of the recipes, the photography, the tips, ugh! It's just so great. I have made so many recipes out of this book and every single one is a winner. The molasses oat rolls are now my go-to for get-togethers and family functions, and the cold oven pound cake is a HIT at office parties. Yes, you can find these recipes on food52.com, but it's such a beautiful and well-written book, why wouldn't you want to support them? What I really liked is the recipes sound so fun and ambitious but are super easy and fun to play around with. Even recipes that I would kind of give a side eye to still sound at the very least interesting and, considering the source, are probably very tasty. This would make an excellent gift!

The idea of a well written tight list of go-to dessert recipes excited me and this cookbook pretty well hits the mark. It is written in clear casual English as each recipe includes a very short intro/history. This is such a pleasant change from many a blogger who gives NaNa's life story or a grocery cart full of superlatives with every recipe. I also love that there is a picture with every recipe (It should be a law!) The only reason I did not give this book five stars is that, for me, there were too many recipes that my family would not enjoy and or that required ingredients that I would not use beyond that recipe. For example, the brownie recipe called for cognac. I don't want to buy a bottle to make brownies. Yes, I am sure I can google a substitute for cognac, but simple substitutes are not always available for more crucial ingredients in other recipes. My advice is to peruse the table of contents and if the recipes excited your interest, as most did mine, then dig in.

It's a good book, what you've come to expect from Food52, with interesting new recipes, or classic ones with new twists. All in all, I do like the book and have already tried a few entries. I find that the structure of this book is much more intuitive and easier to navigate than other offerings from Food52, probably because of the subject (baking vs general cooking recipes) so you will find sections for Breakfast ideas, Cookies, Cakes, Custards. It's "only" 60 recipes but you can see that it is a very well curated selection. I prefer this over other books with hundreds of recipes that are hard to follow. As for the recipes themselves, I find that the preview for each one is interesting and makes for a good read and the instructions are to the point and lead you very well to a successful result. Yes, it's a good book.

AMAZING RECIPIES, GREAT INSTRUCTIONS AND THE PHOTOS ARE SO ENTICING. MAKES ME WANT TO BAKE ALL THE DISHES.

Gotta Love PRIME. It arrived this morning the day it came out. LOVE this book. Must be over ten recipes I want to try this week alone. I will be buying more copies as gifts for friends and family, Will be checking out more books from Food52.

Perfect cook book for an avid baker! This made a great Christmas gift for my grandmother. She references recipes all the time for desserts! She loves it! So many yummy sweets to choose from, its hard for her to decide sometimes! I would suggest this book for an intermediate to advanced baker... not so much for a beginner.

We were a bit disappointed by this book, not as good as the other FOOD52 books. The recipes were a bit too simple and expected. Granted my husband is a pastry chef by background, I got this book so I can bake some things for the kids more recreationally and with less...pressure. However, we haven't had any of the recipes turn out to be better versions than ones we've had before elsewhere. They all seem to be lacking that extra oomph that makes something AMAZING. That being said, it is a well laid out rustic cookbook with great food photography.

Me encanta este canal y sus libros! Buenas ideas para hacer cositas fáciles en casa si no te quieres complicar!

I love the recipes in this cookbook, I was lucky it came signed by the authors!

Un ottimo libro per ricette di dolci americani ma con un tocco di raffinatezza in più. Da apprezzare che nelle liste degli ingredienti, accanto al sistema di misura classico americano (cucchiai e tazze), c'è anche l'indicazione della corrispondente quantità in grammi o litri.

Quite simply, the best baking book i've ever read. seen or owned.

Eventuell kenne ich zu viele wirklich gute Backrezepte, von vielen herausragenden Bäckern/Köchen/Landfrauen etc. Nach den vielen guten Rezensionen und dem niedrigen Preis habe ich mich zum Kauf verleiten lassen. Weder die Rezeptauswahl noch den Umfang empfinde ich als sensationell, teilweise sogar gegenteilig. Gut, wenn man nicht viel gebacken hat oder von (Fernseh) Bäckern/Köchen viel gebacken hat. Nix für mich, schade.