Bouchon Bakery (The Thomas Keller Library)

Overall, a very good selection of recipes. Instructions are specific and easy enough to follow to yield great results. My only quibble is that there seems to be quite a bit of specialized equipment/ingredients with the recipes written for their specific use. Takes a bit of effort to adapt to whatever you have in the house, but not too bad.

This book is great! The recipes are made so that Home bakers or professionals can create them with success. Thomas Keller is one of the best Chefs in this business and has set the very same high standards for the Bakery as with all of his restaurants.

An Exquisite book created for true passionate bakers. I was looking for something like this for a long time. Step by step with great care and love stunning collection of recipes for any occasion. Breads are fantastic, cookies, pastries! May Mr. Keller have long and happy life!!!!! Thank you.

This beautiful book explains so much about baking successfully. The first recipe I tried taught me an interesting technique for making blueberry muffins. It worked like a charm. Next I will try puff pastry.

Everything about this book is amazing. I purchased it for my daughter who is in culinary school. She uses this book for both school and pleasure. She says it will be a go to book for recipes and inspiration forever. The quality of the book and binding is great and the photographs are beautiful. This is a coffee table book for foodies and a top shelf cookbook for home cooks and pastry chefs.

In short, EXCELLENT! Get it now, or visit a Bouchon or other Keller establishment & grab an autographed copy. The caramel corn is awesome. Peppermint patties insanely good!!! The pastry chefs at Bouchon Bakery are Gods!!!

This beautiful book explains so much about baking successfully. The first recipe I tried taught me an interesting technique for making blueberry muffins. It worked like a charm. Next I will try puff pastry.

Everything about this book is amazing. I purchased it for my daughter who is in culinary school. She uses this book for both school and pleasure. She says it will be a go to book for recipes and inspiration forever. The quality of the book and binding is great and the photographs are beautiful. This is a coffee table book for foodies and a top shelf cookbook for home cooks and pastry chefs.

In short, EXCELLENT! Get it now, or visit a Bouchon or other Keller establishment & grab an autographed copy. The caramel corn is awesome. Peppermint patties insanely good!!! The pastry chefs at Bouchon Bakery are Gods!!!

I've already made a few things from the cookbook...very easy well written instructions...great book to practice my culinary skills with. So, I went and bought the Ad Hoc at Home cookbook, too. I went to Yountville and ate at The French Laundry...what a wonderful experience...I just love Thomas Keller!!

This book achieves what to me has seemed impossible - enable home cooks to produce stunning bakery items out of their own kitchens. I have tried many recipes from this book and every item has turned out simply incredible. The real key to this books success is that every recipe was finely honed in a home kitchen, not in Bouchon's commercial kitchens, to ensure that the recipes will work without a commercial scale kitchen.

One note of caution - to get the most out of this book, you MUST have a scale, preferably a very precise and high quality scale such as one made by My Weigh. The real value of this book is that it gives calls for items by weight, not volume. The result is truly accurate and consistent results to what the authors created in their test kitchen.

Also, Thomas Keller did not write this book. The author is Sebastian Rouxel, the executive pastry chef at Bouchon Bakery.

Beautiful pictures and some great recipes.
They do require a bit of pre-work, especially the breads and their levain for rising.
Love the chart they include for timings of bread prep - very helpful!

Lots of great recipes from Keller's Bouchon (nearest here at Columbus Circle NYC). All recipes are given in grams AND volume and oven temps/timing are given for conventional as well as convection oven. LOADS of tips!

Highly recommended.

Amazing! I want to try everything in this book. As a lover of breads and sweets this is the best book I have ever purchased for those. This book should be in the kitchen so I can try all the recipes, but it is so beautiful it is on the coffee table!

Bu I am overwhelmingly happy to have this book! Since I bake mostly bread, rarely cakes, pies, etc., I have only about 12 - 15 books focused on baking. Julia Child's Mastering II & King Arthur's Baking Companion are the two I usually refer to for ideas & recipes. Bouchon Bakery is quickly becoming a third - especially for 'treats.'

The recipes have been broken down from the restaurant-size quantities, and tested, tested, tested. There are a few errors, as with virtually every book; but there is an Errata available online. I believe it was even posted in one of the reviews here.

I very much enjoy the side stories. This is an amazing book from an amazing restaurant/chef/baker.
Highly recommended...actually for all levels of experience.

Love this book!!! Great variety of recipes covers the depth of French style pastries.
Measurements given in volume and metric for serious bakers.
The photos are also really inspiring. Just made the cheesecake with mascarpone, delicious!

Great read on the background of Thomas Keller beyond just the great recipes. Definitely not for novices as you'll need various kitchen tools that the average cook/baker might not have. Really enjoyed the book.

There is baking, and then there is baking from the Bouchon Bakery cookbook. If you are looking to take your baking skills to the next level, this cookbook is a must. The techniques and tips offered by Mr. Keller and Mr. Rouxel are invaluable and will help you develop your skills considerably. The recipes are some of the best I have made and have not dissapointed yet.

P.S. - Try the Macaron recipe. Challenging, but the payoff is worth it.

my guide to pastry!!!!. There is no room for error, no chance to fail... but I must accept that it takes the patience of a pattisier to truly follow and admire the recipies. Maybe not for the home cooker....unless you have the pastry gene!!!!

This is an exceptional book. Well detailed in its explanations and the pictures that show you how to bake bread, cookies and other pastries are detailed enough for the home baker to utilize in making them. There are some recipes where there seem to be missing some steps or clarification. Perhaps future editions will clarify what is missing.

This cookbook has some of the most decadent, wonderful recipes, and the photos in it are AWESOME! This cookbook would make an excellent coffee table book with its heavy papers and excellent photography...

FABULOUS book. We've made numerous recipes and the added level of professional advice is invaluable. I've learned so much more about the chemistry and commercial tricks of quality baking. I'm looking forward to trying many more.

For anyone looking for the best tasting recipes for baked goods who wants to improve technique, buy this book! I'm a culinary arts student at my local community college and this book really gives professional techniques. The recipes wow everyone. This book will help both the professional and the home cook refine their technique and become more polished You will not regret this purchase