Welcome to voting for May–August 2022 BCOTM. Of several books nominated, one emerged ahead of the pack, with two others tied for second place. We’ll be choosing between Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple by Dorie Greenspan, The Italian Baker: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside–Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies by Carol Field, and Mooncakes and Milk Bread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries by Kristina Cho. Below each book link at the end of this post, you’ll find a link to its index at Eat Your Books, showing the name and main ingredients of all its recipes, to give you a sense of the book.
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Voting will close on SUNDAY, APRIL 24 at 11 PM GMT/7 PM EDT/4 PM PDT.
Voting is now closed. As we still have a tie vote, in a bid for fairness, I am now going to flip a coin: Heads, it’s Baking with Dorie; tails, it’s the Italian Baker.
And…it’s heads. BAKING WITH DORIE: SWEET, SALTY, AND SIMPLE will be our May–August BCOTM. I will post a reporting thread on May 1.
Ha! I didn’t want to vote, because not sure how often I’ll participate, but I chanced to think it may be The Italian Baker, so ordered a used copy! However, NOT sorry, I hear it’s a great book. Ok, so now maybe I’ll have to spring for the Dorie book. Don’t think I have any of her books. Should be a good one.
Just received my copy of the book, and oh wow, very impressed - what a beautiful book!! Think this is the 1st DG cookbook I have, but have heard about her for years. Found many things I want to make & very much looking forward to cooking this book. As a bonus, The Italian Baker is due to arrive in a few days - I hear her works are fantastic. RIP Carol Field.
