Research Catalog

Title

The thrifty baker : shop, bake & eat on a budget / Hermine Dossou ; photography by Patricia Niven.

Author

Dossou, Hermine

Publication

• London : White Lion Publishing, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Niven, Patricia

Description

175 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"The Thrifty Baker presents 65 delicious, affordable and impressive recipes, complete with gluten-free options, plus advice, tips and hacks covering many areas of shopping, baking and cooking in general. Filled with clever ideas and useful features, the book is written with a realism and empathy that comes from the heart, from a lived experience. It isn't just a book of great recipes, but an essential manual for anyone baking today. Since appearing on The Great British Bake Off in 2023 and wowing the judges, Hermine Dossou's career has gone from strength to strength, but life hasn't always been easy. As a single mother to her son Steven, she had to learn to budget and make her income stretch, especially when he was young and she could only work part-time. With a limited income, but determined that they should both eat good, nutritious food, she learned how to shop, cook, bake and eat on a tight budget. This included making savings on ingredients and cooking equipment, devising clever, thrifty recipes, planning weekly menus, and running her oven as efficiently as possible to save on energy bills. In the process Hermine has developed a wide-ranging ethos for baking on a budget, a set of values, habits and skills that have at their heart a belief that we can all eat flavourful, nutritious food without spending a fortune on ingredients and energy. And crucially also the knowledge that making our own bakes - whether that's bread, pies, quiches, desserts, cakes or snacks - can save us considerable sums when times are tough. Hermine still uses these skills to this day and would now like to share with you everything she's learned about baking on a budget"--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Baking
• Baked products
• Budget
• African American women cooks
• African American cooks
• United States

Genre/Form

Cookbooks.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Introduction -- Bread -- Cakes for tea -- Biscuits and cookies -- Pastries and tarts -- Desserts -- Special occasions -- Quick and convenient.

Call Number

Sc F 23-555

ISBN

• 9780711287488
• 0711287481

OCLC

1393172067

Author

Dossou, Hermine, author.

Title

The thrifty baker : shop, bake & eat on a budget / Hermine Dossou ; photography by Patricia Niven.

Publisher

London : White Lion Publishing, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Niven, Patricia, photographer.

Research Call Number

Sc F 23-555