Fabulous Modern Cookies : Lessons in Better Baking for Next-Generation Treats - Paul Arguin

Fabulous Modern Cookies

Lessons in Better Baking for Next-Generation Treats

By: Paul Arguin, Chris Taylor

Paperback | 1 July 2022 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $41.95

$35.95

14%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $8.99 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

With bolder-than-ever flavours and spectacularly scientific techniques, the American “cookie” has truly never been more fabulous

Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin bring fresh perspective and heaps of creativity to everything they bake. Now reinventing America’s most traditional handheld dessert—the “cookie”—they offer 100 reliable and exciting recipes that are sure to impress. From Salted Honey Drops to Black-Bottom Lemon Squares, and Coffee Bean Crunchers to Bronze Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, these are next-level biscuits. Combining their passion for serious baking with their professional backgrounds as accomplished scientists, Arguin and Taylor apply new methods and rationales for ingredient pairings adapted from food science texts to develop novel base recipes and innovative techniques.

In these pages, they share what they’ve learned in lively tips and tricks for every recipe and style of biscuit. Complete with mouthwatering photos, options to make ahead, decorate or indefinitely adapt, these outside-the-box recipes are the very definition of fabulous.

About the Authors

Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor are accomplished scientists and bakers. Husbands Chris and Paul are co-authors of the IACP award-nominated The New Pie (2019). They live in Atlanta, Georgia.
Industry Reviews
"Filled with good humor, expert instruction, and awe-inspiring creations."-- "Atlanta Journal Constitution"
Do we need another cookie book? As far as I'm concerned, the answer is always "yes." Here we have the classic cookie food groups (bar, drop, rolled, slice-and-bake, etc.), but they've been wickedly turbocharged with unique flavor hacks. Why wouldn't you insinuate a layer of ganache into your black-bottom lemon squares? Why wouldn't you powder freeze-dried raspberries for your sugar cookies? And for heaven's sake, why wouldn't you add milk powder to your browned butter for the world's most insanely malty chocolate chip cookies? Prepare your secret-stash cookie jar, folks - you're gonna need it.--T. Susan Chang "NPR"
Taylor and Arguin (The New Pie), two scientists who fell in love and married thanks in part to a shared affection for baking, whip together their passion and smarts in this delicious and dazzling volume. Employing rigorous techniques and innovative flavor combinations, they offer 100 boundary-pushing takes on cookies, from dropped and rolled confections to ones shaped like mustaches and bananas. Riffs on both American and international classics rely on unconventional ingredients to boost flavor. Bronze butter chocolate chip cookies, for instance, use dry milk powder to deepen toffee notes, while the addition of red curry paste to peanut butter cookies yields a Southeast Asian-inspired twist. Insightful intros to sections feature expert ingredient and equipment guides (perfectionists will especially relish the detailed breakdown of scoop sizes and "proper portion placement" for drop cookies). To balance the seriousness, the authors sprinkle in cheeky rhyming headnotes--"The addition of fig/ Is something you'll dig," they declare before introducing their fig and maple nut slices--and nods to cultural touchstones, including the rye and honey-based Everybody Ryes (an homage to the late Stephen Sondheim) and heart-shaped Stonewalls that get their rainbow speckles from Fruity Pebbles. For cookie fanatics, this one's sure to be a hit. Agent: Joy Tutela, David Black Literary. (Apr.)-- "PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, starred review"

More in Cooking, Food & Drink

The French Chef Handbook : La cuisine de reference - Michel Maincent-Morel

RRP $200.00

$120.75

40%
OFF
Seriously Good Pasta : Over 70 Recipes for Seriously Good Pasta - Phillippa Spence
Cook Ahead : 90 freezer-friendly recipes for every family budget - Justine Schofield
Easy Air Fryer - Jamie Oliver

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
High-Protein Meals in Minutes : Eat Your Way to a Six Pack - Scott Harrison
The Silver Spoon : New Edition - Phaidon

RRP $74.95

$50.35

33%
OFF
Jerusalem - Yotam Ottolenghi

Hardcover

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
Australian Food - Bill Granger

RRP $49.99

$42.50

15%
OFF
The Very Hungry Coeliac : Your favourite foods made gluten-free - Melanie Persson
What's for Dessert : Simple recipes for Dessert People - Claire Saffitz
How to Drink Australian : An Essential Modern Wine Book - Jane Lopes