Baking with Julia

Baking with Julia by Dorie Greenspan, with an introduction by Julia Child, is an expansive guide to the art and technique of home baking, bringing together nearly 200 recipes from some of the most accomplished bakers and pastry chefs of its era. Created as a companion to Julia Child’s celebrated television series, the book continues her teaching tradition by making sophisticated techniques understandable to both novice and experienced bakers.

The collection spans breads, pastries, pies, tarts, cookies, cakes, and elaborate desserts, pairing classic foundations with inventive recipes that blend European technique and American flavors. Readers learn everything from raising and shaping dough and creating flaky pie crusts to glazing cakes and decorating pastries, supported by step-by-step photographs and more than 50 pages of illustrated reference material explaining the essential principles behind batters, doughs, and baking techniques.

Contributors include an extraordinary roster of culinary talent, including Nancy Silverton, Alice Medrich, Nick Malgieri, Martha Stewart, Flo Braker, Marcel Desaulniers, Steve Sullivan, Jeffrey Alford, and Naomi Duguid. More than a recipe collection, Baking with Julia functions as a comprehensive baking education and reference book, making it especially valuable for serious home bakers, pastry enthusiasts, Julia Child fans, and cookbook collectors looking to master the fundamentals while progressing to ambitious, showstopping bakes.