In the mold of his award-winning and bestselling How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman’s newest print companion for home cooks is loaded with over 2,000 recipes that encompass every culinary category and cater to every skill set. How to Bake Everything (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35) is the essential cookbook for food lovers. From the most straightforward and classic of cookies to pastry recipes that may be new even to accomplished bakers, Bittman is all-inclusive, giving cooks the delicious, the tempting, the sinful. Recipes for sweet, decadent, and even savory provisions are staged and organized to be not only accessible to the home baker, but, simply, possible. Illustrated instructions help users practice and master various techniques, while tips for frosting, rolling, shaping, kneading, and drizzling will make your finished product the star of your next obligation, er, potluck. Keep this fabulous compendium for yourself to avoid being outshined, or gift it to multiply your chances for devouring luxurious treats.
