The first thing I did when I received a copy of German Baking, a cookbook from The Great British Bake-Off’s (GBBO) Jürgen Krauss, was watch the season in which he appeared. Generally, I no longer watch GBBO unless a trailer catches my eye (
Thank you for this. I have a science background and love baking as a way to relax, so am not a GBBO fan. I personally feel baking should be a joy, a way to share love with others, not a competition and certainly not a spectacle of humiliation (really, I do that to myself enough). This book sounds like all of things that I love - thank you Nic, and thank you Jürgen!
Wonderful! I’ve just ordered it. My daughter is currently au pairing near Freiburg, and I’m looking forward to making the things she has been trying there.
I really enjoyed your sense that some books have a 'demeanour' as well as a 'voice'.
I was interested by what you were saying about mismatches between television persona and books put out off the back of those appearances. I was wondering if you had more thoughts on these translations and what makes them tick or tepid. Maybe you have written about this before - I will have a look.
I have done a little work editing similar people's recipes but there wasn't much time and a fair bit of fixing to do so I didn't go much into the demeanour etc and wish I had. I'd love to read more about this and do more myself.
I loved this instruction you quote, it sounds like the person Jürgen is coming through in the recipes themselves, which is fab:
begin with bicarbonate of soda whilst pretending you are using the more dangerous lye to practise safe handling and mise en place
Thank you for this. I have a science background and love baking as a way to relax, so am not a GBBO fan. I personally feel baking should be a joy, a way to share love with others, not a competition and certainly not a spectacle of humiliation (really, I do that to myself enough). This book sounds like all of things that I love - thank you Nic, and thank you Jürgen!
Ordering this one now!
I interviews Jurgen at Malvern Autumn and found him so fascinating, both on his subject but also as a person
Wonderful! I’ve just ordered it. My daughter is currently au pairing near Freiburg, and I’m looking forward to making the things she has been trying there.
I really enjoyed your sense that some books have a 'demeanour' as well as a 'voice'.
I was interested by what you were saying about mismatches between television persona and books put out off the back of those appearances. I was wondering if you had more thoughts on these translations and what makes them tick or tepid. Maybe you have written about this before - I will have a look.
I have done a little work editing similar people's recipes but there wasn't much time and a fair bit of fixing to do so I didn't go much into the demeanour etc and wish I had. I'd love to read more about this and do more myself.
I loved this instruction you quote, it sounds like the person Jürgen is coming through in the recipes themselves, which is fab:
begin with bicarbonate of soda whilst pretending you are using the more dangerous lye to practise safe handling and mise en place
Excellent article, thank you.