The Little French Bakery Cookbook : Sweet & Savory Recipes and Tales from a Pastry Chef and Her Cooking School

What if your hobby turned into attending pastry school in Paris—and a surprising career change? For Susan Holding, that’s exactly what happened. Susan was a nurse turned road warrior teaching medical professionals to use computer software. But on the weekends, her hobby was baking—usually while dreaming about mastering French pastry. While searching for a New England baking course, she mistakenly received information about Le Cordon Bleu’s pastry program in Paris. After careful consideration of the program and completing the application process, she was accepted, and off to Paris she went. Within a year she graduated with honors, left her nursing career, and opened her own bakery and cooking school, the Little French Bakery, in Wisconsin. The Little French Bakery Cookbook takes us through Susan’s stories of success and mishap during her days at pastry school in France. These charming stories are interwoven between one hundred recipes that she has mastered since her days at school. Readers will find recipes both savory and sweet, with delicious flavors that will take them on their own trip to the City of Light. Enjoy such recipes as: • Kitchen sink cookies • Tarte aux Pommes • Onion soup • Boeuf Bourguignon • Oven roasted brussels sprouts and cauliflower While French cuisine can seem intimidating, Susan provides equipment lists, and her own hints and tips to aid readers in becoming the master of their kitchen. Find step-by-step photos to create seemingly difficult pastries at home. Whether new to baking or comfortable in the kitchen, everyone will find something new in The Little French Bakery Cookbook. Embark on your own culinary adventure and taste the delights of Paris! Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. A lavish culinary adventure'with mouthwatering recipes'of one woman's surprising journey from medical professional to master pastry chef. A nurse who loved to bake on weekends, Susan Holding decided to turn her hobby into something more when she entered Le Cordon Bleu's pastry program in Paris. Within a year she graduated with honors, left her nursing career, and opened her own bakery and cooking school, the Little French Bakery, in Wisconsin. The Little French Bakery Cookbook weaves charming stories and color photographs of Susan's time in pastry school and Paris with over a hundred recipes that she has mastered and simplified for anyone to enjoy. Readers will find classic French recipes and homegrown traditional family recipes, as well as adaptations for gluten-free ingredients and accessible recipes from world-renowned famous chefs. Susan provides equipment lists and tips to aid readers in becoming the master of their kitchen. Step-by-step photos bring seemingly difficult pastries into your home. Whether new to baking or comfortable in the kitchen, everyone will find something to sink their teeth into The Lavish Culinary Adventure—with Mouthwatering Recipes—of One Woman’s Surprising Journey From Medical Professional To Master Pastry Chef. A Nurse Who Loved To Bake On Weekends, Susan Holding Decided To Turn Her Hobby Into Something More When She Entered Le Cordon Bleu’s Pastry Program In Paris. Within A Year She Graduated With Honors, Left Her Nursing Career, And Opened Her Own Bakery And Cooking School, The Little French Bakery, In Wisconsin. The Little French Bakery Cookbook Weaves Charming Stories And Color Photographs Of Susan’s Time In Pastry School And Paris With Over A Hundred Recipes She Has Mastered And Simplified For Anyone To Enjoy. Readers Will Find Classic French Recipes And Homegrown Traditional Family Recipes, As Well As Adaptations For Gluten-free Ingredients And Accessible Recipes From World-renowned Famous Chefs. Susan Provides Equipment Lists And Tips To Aid Readers In Becoming Masters Of Their Own Kitchen. Step-by-step Photos Bring Seemingly Difficult Pastries Into Your Home. Whether New To Baking Or Comfortable In The Kitchen, Everyone Will Find Something To Sink Their Teeth Into. Let's get started -- Must-have recipes and techniques -- Appetizers and starter courses -- Breads : spin three times and flip -- Pastries -- Cookies and bars -- Cakes -- Favorite meals -- Soups -- The breakfast class -- Our family favorites -- Tarts and pies -- Comfort foods.;The author integrates anecdotes about her time spent at Le Cordon Bleu's pastry program in France with a variety of French recipes, ranging from breads, pastries, and cakes to soups, comfort foods, and breakfasts. For Susan Holding, that's exactly what happened. Fourteen years ago, Susan was a nurse turned road warrior teaching medical professionals to use computer software. But on the weekends, her hobby was baking--usually while dreaming about mastering French pastry.