Patisserie at Home: Step-by-step recipes to help you master the art of French pastry

My new hobby is going to be perfecting French patisserie. Wonderful recipes in this book, lots of good explanation and the pictures are fantastic. Nice variety of recipes. And it doesn't weigh a ton! I had to return a beautiful book because it actually weighed almost 10 pounds and I could barely lift it to read it.

I have alot of patisserie and baking books in general and most I love. This book has it all. Its pretty special for me being a entry level professional patisserie maker. If you are a home baker this may be a step up for some since its has the typical process of pastry, patisserie. But its still a must have book casue theres a picture for every recipe. Theres simple cookie, cake, loafs and other more advanced and idea giving for your typical patisserie lover or home baker. I love this book and this is truly a wonderful book for beginner, advanced home bakers or professionals wanting a little sproos up on ideas. I highly recommend this book . If nothing else it makes a wonderful table top book- the pictures are wonderful for food stylist ideas as well. Highly recommend. Oh its has grams or cups and even ounces/ pounds weight. so it is for everyone. This is by far one of the best. Its up there with the Herrie Herme but more for the home baker with ingredients and easy ways of doing not so advanced things, but also has more advanced like operas and gateaux.

I love to cook and have always be a bit afraid of french cooking, but this book make it very easy and the recipes are made with simple ingredients I can find in my local grocery store, nice pictures and takes you step by step, and also explains the meanings of the french names so you really learn a lot.

This book was part of my Christmas gift. There are many inspiring recipes and photos, I can't wait to get started. The techniques used for pastry, doughs, etc. seem to be fully described and illustrated so I expect good results.

Can't tell you how the recipes come out yet because I haven't tried yet but the book itself is very nice and well written. The fact that ingredients are sized in grams is a plus as it's much more accurate then measuring cups and such.

I enjoy home baking and have a reasonable amount of experience but wanted to extend the range of French pastries that I bake. This book has met that purpose. The illustrations are inspiring and many techniques are shown step by step. Recipes are explained clearly and all the recipes I have tried have been very sucessful (and delicious!) Thank you Will Torrent, I am producing beautiful patisserie from home!

I love this book. The recipes are absolutely the best. The beautiful pictures are wonderful and everything I make from this book is a great success. Tasty is not the word, these recipes are out of this world good xoxox you have to have more....

Will Torrent takes much of the mystery from Patisserie. He gives step by step instructions and breaks things down into simple manageable steps. The user is given confidence and left with the feeling that he or she can attain excellent results. Love the book!

Dieses Buch besticht erst einmal visuell durch sehr schöne Bilder, die man sich fast an die Wand hängen möchte. Die Rezepte reichen von einfach (Kekse) bis etwas anspruchsvoller (Croissants) bis zu deutlich anspruchsvoll (einige aufwändigere Tartes). Es kann aber erst mal jeder Backanfänger einsteigen und kleine Kuchen und Kekse backen. Als Anregung "was könnte ich denn mal wieder zum Nachmittagskaffee servieren" lohnt sich der Kauf sicher auch für versierte Hobbybäcker, allein schon durch die schönen Bilder.

Good book, worth the money

lots of mouth watering recipes, excellent instructions and luscious photos. definately recommend. And I'm a French patisserie fan. buy it if you're keen enough to take the trouble - as these are more complex than English puds to make.

Good

Awsome book,even for unskilled bakers,cute recipes .i really love this chef,gonna buy more his books;)