The New Baking

The editors of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Magazine search the world over for techniques and ingredients that can transform your home cooking, producing bigger, bolder dishes with less time and effort.

The New Baking

Season 1 Episode 102 | 27m 16s | CC

Host Christopher Kimball goes to London’s Violet Bakery to learn the baking techniques of rising pastry star Claire Ptak. Back at in the kitchen, Chris and the Milk Street cooks make chocolate, prune and rum cake and a brown sugar tart. Finally, Chris explains how a Japanese baking technique coupled with a cornstarch paste ended his 30-year search for a pie crust that won’t slump in the pan.

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