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A review by christi_reads
Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe by Christie Matheson, Joanne Chang
3.0
I received this cookbook as a birthday present. (Thanks MaryAnn!!!!)
I had only heard of this chef because she was on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Her winning sticky sticky buns will definitely be on my list of things to try.
The author is local and two of the recipes were featured in The Boston Globe this fall. (http://tinyurl.com/2a4dc79)
I made the chocolate cupcakes with crispy magic frosting. They were just OK. The cupcakes were WAY overbaked at the recommended 30 minutes. The swiss meringue frosting was light, creamy and very fun to make but I didn't find it to be crispy nor magic.
My mother made the roasted pear cranberry crostata with frangipane for a football Sunday dinner. Oh my word. This was absolutely amazing. A definite 5 star "keeper". Totally my kind of dessert.
My co-workers will be psyched as I try all these recipes in the book. I'm especially excited to try all of the scones, rosemary shortbread, "new" tiramisu, chunky lola cookies, almond macaroons, boozy rum cake...That should keep me busy for a while!!
Updated to add: the cheddar scallion scones were terrific - just as good as at Flour. The other recipes I've tried haven't had good luck with. I'll try the cookies next and hope for better results.
I had only heard of this chef because she was on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Her winning sticky sticky buns will definitely be on my list of things to try.
The author is local and two of the recipes were featured in The Boston Globe this fall. (http://tinyurl.com/2a4dc79)
I made the chocolate cupcakes with crispy magic frosting. They were just OK. The cupcakes were WAY overbaked at the recommended 30 minutes. The swiss meringue frosting was light, creamy and very fun to make but I didn't find it to be crispy nor magic.
My mother made the roasted pear cranberry crostata with frangipane for a football Sunday dinner. Oh my word. This was absolutely amazing. A definite 5 star "keeper". Totally my kind of dessert.
My co-workers will be psyched as I try all these recipes in the book. I'm especially excited to try all of the scones, rosemary shortbread, "new" tiramisu, chunky lola cookies, almond macaroons, boozy rum cake...That should keep me busy for a while!!
Updated to add: the cheddar scallion scones were terrific - just as good as at Flour. The other recipes I've tried haven't had good luck with. I'll try the cookies next and hope for better results.