How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking

About this book

In the busy stressful life of the modern woman there could be more feelgood mileage from running up a tray of muffins or baking a cake than in almost any other cooking. But were so busy making efficient modern food that we too easily forget what Nigella demonstrates in th is mouthwatering and deliciously reassuring cookbook that actually it s not hard to make a cake that the appreciation and satisfaction it brings are out of all proportion to the little effort involved. A domestic goddess has to maintain her cool when faced with pastrybut with Nigellas guidance even shortcrust pastry can be pretty pain-free. Here at last is the book which understands our anxieties feeds our fantasies and puts cakes pies pastries preserves puddings bread and biscuits back into todays kitchen and our lives. Everything from cup cakes to certosino from brownies to bagels from peach cream pie to pizza chewy amaretti to Blueberry boy-bait from baklava to a Barbie cake as well as childrens cooking Christmas baking and other family treats.