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Great Gluten-Free Baking: Over 80 Delicious Cakes and Bakes | 
| Author: Louise Blair
Publisher: Hamlyn
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0600616339
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5638
EAN: 9780600616337
ASIN: 0600616339
Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Coeliac disease—or gluten intolerance—affects more than one million people in the United States. Now, thanks to these luscious, easy-to-follow recipes, all those people can eat a gluten-free diet and still enjoy delicious cakes, pies, muffins, cookies, and other fabulous baked goods. In this tempting selection of more than 90 gluten-free treats—from melt-in-your-mouth cookies to rustic home-baked breads—the author, a leading authority on cooking for people with special dietary needs, delivers plenty of lip-smacking flavor. Enjoy decadent creations like Tiramisu Cupcakes, Hazelnut and Chocolate Macaroons, and Coconut and Mango Cake. She also includes lots of recipes children will love to eat (and help bake), including Messy Marshmallow Crispies and Flower Fairy Cakes.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Gorgeous, beautiful ray of hope November 15, 2008
ceking
I have to strongly disagree with the previous reviewer. This is a beautiful, well-organized book.
I was just recently diagnosed with gluten intolerance, so the dietary changes have been overwhelming to say the least. I checked out every book on gluten intolerance/Celiac disease from the library, and this is the first cookbook that actually made me feel hopeful that I wouldn't have to give up all of my beloved baked foods.
The photos are stunning. The muffins, cakes and cookies look "normal", and it makes me feel normal to bake them. This is so important to me right now because since my diagnosis, I have felt like anything but a normal person.
Some notes on the previous reviewers points:
1. I did not find the baking pan sizes a challenge. For example, I also do not own an 11x7 baking pan, but as a lifelong baker, I have always felt it easy to adjust by using a 9x13 rectangular pan or an 8x8 square pan.
2. The previous reviewer correctly stated that this book was not written for someone who needs in-depth information on Celiac disease. I'm uncertain if this was a criticism, but it should not be. This book was clearly conceived as a cookbook only. It never pretends to be anything different. There are plenty of informational books out there on Celiac disease. This is just a pure, straightforward cookbook.
3. As for the criticism that the photos do not correspond to the recipes, this is not accurate. Not all of the recipes have corresponding photos, but the ones that do are adjacent to their photos. The particular recipe the reviewer referred to is in fact on page 56. Its corresponding photo is on page 38-39 but only because it has been used as a chapter photo. This is a common cookbook practice and is not meant to confuse the reader.
I highly recommend this book to any gluten-intolerant/Celiac reader. Since my diagnosis, I have struggled to not feel sad or angry or deprived, and this cookbook has been truly been a bright spot for me on this new journey.
 Great Photos July 20, 2008
Joyce Paige (Kansas City, KS USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this cookbook because it had great photographs of the prepared recipes which inspire me to try them. I noticed in many other gluten-free cookbooks that even the photos did not look appetizing. The chewy nutty chocolate brownies came out delicious but Blair asked for an 11x7-inch baking pan which is not the norm for pans in the US. The odd sizing is because the author was writing for the British audience. The problem becomes, do you adjust the recipe or hunt down special pans?
This book was not written for someone who wants to learn in depth information regarding celiac disease. However, the instructions in the recipes are easy to follow.
I like it when a cookbook has the name of the recipe on the photo page. The beet speckled cake recipe on page 56 is pictured on pages 38-39. However, the photo reminded me of a carrot cake and I was looking for a recipe for carrot cake. I only accidentally found the comment on page 56 stating that the end product was pictured on pages 38-39.
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