Queezle_Sister's Profile

From: Salt Lake City, UT USA

Joined: March 29th, 2010

About me: I enjoy cooking, and my favorite internet COOKING community is the one here at cookbooker. If you want to connect about my other non-academic passion, you can find me as QueezleWeaver on Ravelry, and mostly Warped Weavers. But I've miss you cookbooker, and so here I am again, and happy to contribute.

Favorite cookbook: Savory Way

Favorite recipe: roasted anything (most recently grapes)


Latest review:

August 23rd, 2019

Stuffed Zucchini with spiced beef or lamb from Zaitoun

When it is zucchini time, it can be difficult to find something interesting. But this was both different and a total delight! Zucchini are scraped out and roasted. The "meat" from within the zucchini... read more >


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Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

By Jeff Hertzberg MD, Zoe Francois
Thomas Dunne Books - 2007

September 22nd, 2013

This is an excellent book for the beginning bread baker. Its strategies are also useful for the old, but busy, bread baker. The book takes a relaxed attitude, and allows one to cut some corners, and gives the reader/cook some confidence in the kitchen. That said, I think I've baked some better breads, and I think there could be more careful instructions. For example, before baking, the final rise is suggested to be 40 minutes, regardless of environment. Sometimes my kitchen is hot, but its also often quite cold, and so more instructions would help some bakers.

I understand a new version will come out soon (late 2013) that includes weight measurements. That would also be a good addition to this book.

I like that the book includes not only breads, but also various spreads for breads, or uses for breads to prepare other dishes. If I owned this book (instead of just borrowing it) I am sure I would dig deep into these other recipes.