A Fantastic Holiday Gift from the UK
Nov 20, 2008 | From the kitchen of Rose
Dan Lepard, of the Guardian in London, has put together an impressive offering of baking tips from some of my favorite bakers around the world and others whom I'd love to get to know as well! The link to his site is at the very end of this posting.
Here's what he wrote to me:
"I thought I'd email with some good news, especially with all the bleakness in the world today. I've been thinking, what can I do that's helpful and doesn't cost everyone something? So from Thursday, 20th November, at Guardian Online I've put together an exclusive list of baking tips straight to you from the great bakers of the world:
US
Shirley O. Corriher
Jim Lahey
Rose Levy Beranbaum
Dorie Greenspan
Sarah Phillips
David Lebovitz
Matt Lewis
Jeffrey Hamelman
Peter Reinhart
UK
Yotam Ottolenghi
Gerhard Jenne
John Rolfe
Scotland
Robert Winters
Catherine Brown
Ireland
Rachel Allen
France
Eric Kayser
Pascale Weeks
Clotilde Dusoulier
Fanny Zanotti
Sandra Avital
Australia & New Zealand
Donna Hay
John Downes
Dean Brettschnieder
Canada
Elizabeth Baird
Cliff Leir
Marcy Goldman
Norway
Gunn Borrowman
Sweden
Johan Sörberg
Jan Hedh
Denmark
Camilla Plum
"There are some seriously good money-saving ideas, suggestions for getting your cakes, cookies and loaves that bit better, and all you have to do is go to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/20/dan-lepard-baking-tips1
Running at the same time is a competition, no cost to enter, to win a copy of "Cook Simply Everything", the mighty how-to cookbook from Dorling Kindersley with recipes and tips from the likes of Pierre Hermé, Marcus Wareing, Peter Gordon, Charlie Trotter and many more sharing their secrets.
Plus, you'll win your own customised recipe from me. The winner will get the flavours they like best crafted into a unique personalized recipe, and I'll make sure it's genuinely special and tested.
All you have to do to enter is get a free username and password for www.guardian.co.uk and post in the competition thread your useful home baking tip. Now it can be how to save, how to share, whatever you like so long as it's helpful and thoughtful.
Last of all, on November 27th, I'm online at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2008/nov/20/dan-lepard-baking-tips
for a Winter Baking Q&A session, where you can post you baking questions and hopefully I'll have the answers. Or if I get out of my depth - I know what you bakers are like - I'll find the right expert and try and find the solution."
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Zach Townsend
11/26/2008 11:17 AM
Hi Dan,
My comment was only in jest. I never really considered the list a ranking.
Zach
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Dan Lepard
11/26/2008 10:34 AM
Hi everyone. I hope you don't think the numbering in the list was a countdown from best to worst, absolutely not. Camilla Plum, no. 30 is a dear friend and a great baker, certainly not at the bottom! Rose is an extraordinary talent, and is number one in lots of ways. But Shirley is older and I guess I automatically thought she should go first. In my mind I saw everyone standing side-by-side.
Dan
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meg shaw
11/25/2008 09:45 PM
Hi Rose,
I wanted to enter the compition. I have my user name and password, but I did not understand how you post in the competiton thread your baking tip. Where do you do that? Thank you for filling me in.
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Rose
11/24/2008 04:14 PM
that's loyalty zach! well at least it shows they value science over all!
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Zach Townsend
11/24/2008 03:54 PM
You should have had top billing on the US list. ;)
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Rozanne
11/20/2008 09:32 AM
Thank you for sharing this Rose. I loved reading it. It is indeed a fantastic gift!
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