The James Beard Book Awards Committee announced its Baker's Dozen, a collection of thirteen baking books that should be part of any bakers' collection.
When I saw this list, I realized I have a lot of cookbook buying to do. How many are in your collection?
1. "Baking: From My Home to Yours" by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)
2. "Beard on Bread" by James Beard (originally published 1973; reprinted by Knopf 1995).
3. "The Book of Great Desserts" by Maida Heatter (Andrews McMeel, 1999)
4. "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" by Peter Reinhart (Ten Speed, 2001)
5. "The Cake Bible" by Rose Levy Beranbaum (William Morrow, 1988)
6. "Classic Home Desserts" by Richard Sax (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000)
7. "Cocolat" by Alice Medrich (Warner Books, 1990)
8. "The Fannie Farmer Baking Book" by Marion Cunningham (Gramercy, 1996)
9. "Great Pies and Tarts" by Carole Walter (Clarkson Potter, 1998)
10. "The Italian Baker" by Carol Field (William Morrow, 1985)
11. "Martha Stewart's Cookies" by Martha Stewart (Clarkson Potter, 2008)
12. "My Bread" by Jim Lahey (W.W. Norton, 2009)
13. "The Simple Art of Perfect Baking" by Flo Braker (Chronicle, 2003)
