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Written by Pillsbury Company
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Now distributed by John Wiley & Sons. For more information, please go
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For almost fifty years, people have looked to one cooking
contest for the most delicious, the most exciting and the most
uniquely American recipes this country's home cooks have to offer.
The Pillsbury Bake-Off(r) Contest presents the very best of what
people are cooking today for their family and friends-for everyday
dinners, special occasion desserts and mouthwatering breads. Now,
for the very first time, more than 350 of the most sought after
prize-winning recipes from this famed cooking contest are gathered
in one book, complete with gorgeous color photographs and stories
about the people and the inspiration that led to their award-winning
recipes.
But the Bake-Off(r) Contest is about more than just
baking. . . certainly dessert time has never been the same since the
introduction of Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs, Chocolate Silk
Pecan Pie and the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, which became a household
name in 1966. The Bake-Off(r) is also about wonderful savory dishes,
such as Cowboy Steak 'n Veggie Soup, Grilled Chicken and Mango Corn
Salad, Italian Zucchini Crescent Pie and the now-famous California
Casserole, which captured the Grand Prize in 1956 and won its
creator, Margaret Hatheway, a cook's tour abroad, where she
introduced this most American of dishes to chefs all across
Europe.
Best of the Bake-Off(r) Cookbook is a sweet
and savory record of how American cooking has evolved over the
years, illustrating how home cooks have captured their ethnic
heritages in dishes adapted from their grandparents' countries to
modern kitchens and busier times. The stories are as inspiring as
the recipes themselves, from 1955 winner Rosemary Sport's prize-a
new pink range-which provided her family with the motivation to
become proud new homeowners to 1996's Grand Prize-winner, Kurt Wait,
a single parent, who with the help of his son developed his $1
million-winning recipe Macadamia Fudge Torte.
Hundreds of the
very best recipes are accompanied by enticing color photographs and
organized by category: Soups, Sandwiches and Snacks; Main Dishes;
Side Dishes and Salads; Breads; Sweet Rolls and Coffee Cakes;
Cookies and Bars; Cakes and Tortes; Pies and Tarts; and Other
Desserts. Each chapter is filled with personal profiles highlighting
the people who created the recipes plus the wonderful and oftentimes
humorous behind-the-scenes stories from the Bake-Off(r) Contest
events: One contestant accidentally sat on her cake entry; another
was notified that she was a lucky contestant via a citizens-band
message broadcast by her town's postmistress.
The recipes are
sensational, the stories are uplifting. Best of the Bake-Off(r)
Cookbook invites you into the kitchens and lives of the many
people who over the years have made the Pillsbury Bake-Off(r)
Contest the most loved, most respected showplace for this country's
home cooks.
Pillsbury publications is the publisher of Pillsbury
Classic(r) Cookbooks and Fast and Healthy(r) Magazine and
the author of The Pillsbury Complete Book of Baking and
Healthy Baking cookbooks.
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