Miette: Recipes From San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Do you know what Miette means? It's crumb in French. How cute is that? I love this book. I checked it out from my local library and I'm immediately putting it on my Christmas list. It was full of delightful little recipes as well as pictures that will make you drool! A lot of step by step instructions as well as pictures to help guide you on your quest to make picture perfect pastries at home. I did notice the author and owner of Miette is totally cute and skinny. Why is it that all these bakers are totally tiny? She mentioned that she likes one particular cake for breakfast. Yeah, right. These girls with their freakish metabolisms and oh so delicious recipes. I love them and yet hate them. Just kidding...A super cute cookbook, can't wait to get it on my shelf. I was sad to return it, but my overdue fines were stacking up and another patron had it on hold, I couldn't deny them!UPDATESo I checked this book out again and had a little girls tea party at my house today and was so lucky to have the book on hand. I made the hot milk cake, delicious! The lemon curd was perfect and also a lovely recipe for graham crackers that can also be used as a pastry crust for tarts. I used it for a lemon meringue tartlet and it was awesome! Still need to get this book! Love it even more! This book has so many errors in it, it shouldn't be published. The photography and layout are beautiful and instill the hopes for a proper cookbook, but obviously Miette didn't want to publish their "secret" recipes and decided to publish a botched job. I wrote to the publisher, and they said they would send me a new copy with the updated recipes. Alas, it arrived, and the recipes are EXACTLY the same...no additional information on a separate card or anything. Terrible terrible. Any baker will recognize the the proportions are incorrect. Shame on Miette.
What do You think about Miette: Recipes From San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop (2011)?
Beautiful photography and lovely details, but this cookbook is too exacting for this home cook!
—sageapple
Love this book! Fabulous recipes in the most beautiful baking book you'll find.
—akashpiddim
Pretty pictures...recipes are totally unrealistic for me at home!!
—lviv
The scalloped pages are a delightful touch to this lovely book!
—tiara
