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talanhart
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Post subject: Shari Yard Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:51 pm |
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Is anybody familiar with her cookbooks?
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:51 pm |
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Todd,
Google gives me nothing. Who is she?
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talanhart
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:34 pm |
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:53 am |
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Ah, Sherry Yard.
Kris read one of her cookbooks. Did a fairly good job of converting for the home cook, but most of her desserts are complicated special-occasion things.
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:29 am |
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Todd,
I'm going to revise this now that Kris has read the rest of the cookbook. She gave it a big "thumbs down"; after the first few recipes, the rest become very restauranty with quantities like "serves 18" and no instructions on how to reduce it. Also the back of the book has a list of 5-6 complex ingredients (like pastry cream) which you're supposed to "have on hand at all times". So, not really a book for the home cook.
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talanhart
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:40 pm |
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Josh, Thanks for the update. I read about her at a blog and the author recommended her books. I'm glad I checked here first before purchasing.
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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:45 pm |
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Todd,
I have The Secrets of Baking and like it very much. I use it as a reference when I'm not in the mood to scale professional recipes to smaller batches.
Josh, I suspect Kris was reviewing Desserts by the Yard, which is a much more pretentious book.
Amy
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TheFuzzy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:18 pm |
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Amy,
Actually, that was her critique of Secrets of Baking.
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Amy
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:00 pm |
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Josh,
Different strokes, as they say. I really enjoy the book.
Amy
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talanhart
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Post subject: Re: Shari Yard Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:43 am |
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Sherry Yard was one of the Sous Chefs on an episode of Top Chef Desserts recently. Did anybody watch any of the shows?
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