Baking and the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh

Baking and the Meaning of Life by Helen Goh

James Beard Book Award winner: Baking and Desserts

In her hotly anticipated debut solo cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi pastry chef and recipe developer Helen Goh draws on her rich multicultural heritage to deliver more than 100 of her favorite recipes.

No one knows the "why" or "how" of baking better than Helen Goh, recipe developer with Yotam Ottolenghi for more than a decade and co-author of New York Times bestselling books Sweet and Comfort.

With the debut of her first solo cookbook, Goh shares her distinctive approach to baking informed by her multicultural heritage with 100 delicious desserts of all kinds as well as savory bakes.

Drawing on her upbringing in Malaysia and Australia, her acclaimed work with Ottolenghi where she specialized in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors, and even her active psychotherapy practice, Goh not only shares her favorite baking recipes, but also reflections on life, sharing how baking can bring us together and add meaning and joy to both significant and everyday moments.

With recipes like Chocolate Tahini Cake with Sesame Brittle, Plum and Pistachio Bars, and Pandan and Coconut Chiffon Cake, and more shareable treats that offer both tried-and-true and creative flavors, this book is a celebration of community and pleasure through baking. Goh's Champagne and Blackcurrant Celebration Cake is perfect for a graduation party or New Year's Eve, and a batch of Perfect Vanilla Cupcakes or Red Plum, Almond, and Lime Baby Cakes for a charity bake sale could be small but powerful building blocks of connection and solidarity.

All of her desserts are impressively sweet ways to celebrate milestones reached and connect with family and friends. After your sweet tooth has been satisfied, there are more than 15 savory baking dishes, from a Puttanesca Galette with Lemon Ricotta to Potato, Garlic, and Rosemary Focaccia.

With inventive flavor combinations that showcase Goh's creativity, a wealth of time-tested bakes, and her philosophies on living and baking well, Baking and the Meaning of Life is a one-of-kind companion bakers will return to again and again to spread joy, one cookie, cake, or cheese puff at a time.

Yotam Ottolenghi llegü¾Œ¶˜¼ al mundo de la cocina despuü¾Ž–”¼s de un periplo cuando menos curioso: cursü¾Œ¶˜¼ un mü¾Œ–”¼ster en Filosofü¾™†”¼a y Literatura mientras trabajaba en un periü¾Œ¶˜¼dico israelü¾™†”¼, y decidiü¾Œ¶˜¼ dar un giro radical a su vida instalü¾Œ–”¼ndose en Londres en 1997. Allü¾™†”¼ empezü¾Œ¶˜¼ a trabajar como ayudante de repostero en Capital, y despuü¾Ž–”¼s ejerciü¾Œ¶˜¼ el oficio en locales como Kensington Place, Launceston Place, Maison Blanc y Baker and Spice, para emprender mü¾Œ–”¼s tarde su propia aventura, que lo ha llevado a crear una cadena de restaurantes y tiendas de comida en los barrios de Notting Hill, Islington, Belgravia y Kensington. En 2011 abriü¾Œ¶˜¼ su restaurante, NOPI, en Picadilly. Es autor de varios libros superventas de cocina y estrella de diversos programas de televisiü¾Œ¶˜¼n, entre ellos uno de Channel 4 dedicado a la comida mediterrü¾Œ–”¼nea. Salamandra publicü¾Œ¶˜¼ Jerusalü¾Ž–”¼n en 2015.

Helen Goh naciü¾Œ¶˜¼ en Malasia, pero empezü¾Œ¶˜¼ su carrera culinaria en Australia, adonde se trasladü¾Œ¶˜¼ de niü¾Œ–˜¼a con su familia. Tras siete aü¾Œ–˜¼os como chef de reposterü¾™†”¼a en Donovans, un restaurante de referencia de Melbourne, viajü¾Œ¶˜¼ a Londres, donde conociü¾Œ¶˜¼ a Ottolenghi. Ha trabajado estrechamente con Yotam durante los diez ü¾˜–˜¼ltimos aü¾Œ–˜¼os. La cocina de Helen estü¾Œ–”¼ muy influida por las cocinas asiü¾Œ–”¼ticas, occidentales y de Oriente Medio y, por supuesto, por su amor por los dulces.

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ISBN 13	9781419787621
ISBN 10	1419787624
Title	Baking and the Meaning of Life
Author	Helen Goh
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Abrams Books
Year published	2025-10-21
Number of pages	336
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