Baking with Jim Dodge

I bought this book on a whim because I was going to be attending a class put on by Chef Dodge and saw that he wrote this book several years ago. What a treasure it has turned out to be. I have put several of the recipes in my regular rotation and his unique take on Boston Cream Pie is now our family favorite for birthday cake. If you are an Instagram follower I would recommend following his site!

Oh yeah...they're all here - our favorites! I'm talking pies, tarts, cobblers, cakes, cookies, brownies and bars, ice creams and sorbets, breads and turnovers. The recipes are great. I would have liked to see more photos which gives the baker a better idea of what's you're trying for. However, the recipes are clear and easy to decipher. I'm not a great hand in the kitchen and at the oven, but these were well within my amateur talents. Good job by Jim Dodge and Elaine Ratner. I am now the hero at dessert time. My kiddies and guests love my cookies, pies and turnovers, fresh from the oven! Yum-yum...

With a shelf full of baking and cook books, the one pulled off the shelf the most often at our house is definately this one. I hogged our local library copy as much as they'd let me, (off and on for almost a year! ) til I decided to find my own copy, and one for my daughter in college, but am sad to find it out of print. His step by step pie crust instruction, fulfills, nay, far surpasses, my lifelong fantasy of being able to master a decent result...Thank you, Jim Dodge! Everything we've tried has been magnificent, and even my 12yr old refers to you constantly! The Boston Creme Pie is truly out of this world; my 15yr old son's most requested dessert. Don't miss this gem!

I have over 100 baking and dessert books and if I had to pick the best of all it would be this book. the greatness of any cokkbook is if one goes back to it again and again and if many of the recipes in this book become your standards. this book is true with me and it is a shame that it is out of print. there should be more from Jim Dodge.