I am reading through BakeWise now, partially because it’s what I do, and partly because I am in the process of developing something special. A couple of special things, really. I’m reading through the Kindle edition I mentioned earlier, which is super cool.


BakeWise

Shirley O. Corriher. Scribner 2008, Hardcover, 544 pages, $18.66

4.0

My initial impressions are:

1) Awesome.

2) Okay, Shirley is definitely teaching me some seriously useful things about baking, and how to analyze and adapt recipes. I am into the first chapter so far, and the knowledge is just pouring in. It’s not like On Food and Cooking, where it’s a non-stop deluge of new facts. In BakeWise, Shirley repeats key facts and conclusions so that you can remember them, tying them together as new lessons are learned. It’s a very useful teaching tool.


On Food and Cooking

Harold McGee. Scribner 2004, Hardcover, 896 pages, $24.48

5.0

3) The Kindle edition, while incredibly handy, is not going to be the only edition of the book I own. It’s clear that the limited formatting of the Kindle causes asides to get mixed into the text, so that it seems as if she is repeating whole paragraphs of information, when it’s probably just a sidebar. But having a searchable and portable version of the book is great.

4) Still awesome.

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