Pros & Cons
Pros
This is a book for kick-* ladies and gents who love food but don't have all the time in the world to dedicate to it. This book is full of clever things to try that won't take up your whole weekend and wont destroy your kitchen.
Christina tosi is a james beard award winner for best pastry chef as well as the co-founder and owner of the momofuku milk bar. Tosi and david chang are great chefs with cravings without snobbery, then you'll see her true form here. For more informati... Read More
Watching chopped has softened my food snobbishness. Being able to collect family recipes is such a treat for me i feel it gives a glimpse into how the chef acquired its cooking style. There are some recipes which use store bought ingredients, which i ... Read More
Cons
Tosi's retro dishes should've been retired with grandpa's leisure suit. Most of the recipes could be easily found in nigella lawson's books sans kimchi. I feel like i'd be embarrassed to serve her semi homemade type stuff.
No creativity in this book, or any interesting insight. This book sadly fails to live up to the high standard set by its predecessor. The writing is still great and i may hang onto it for that alone, but i'm not sure i'll cook anything out of the book... Read More
Highlights
Quality
To begin with, the pictures are great!
It will definitely be going on my cookbook shelf with the other 150+ cookbooks i have.
If you are looking for a repeat of milk, you are going to be disappointed.
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Packaging/appearance
Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving.
Competitiveness
As a chef myself, i love the chapters and commentaries about kitchen life in and out of the kitchen.
I had never heard of milk bar or christina tosi until she appeared on the master chef television shows.
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Buy this cook book just for the cinnamon bun recipe
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I chose to read and review milk bar life because it looked like it would be interesting
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What i didn’t likethere is nothing in particular that i don’t like about this book
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No cans or packages for me and i only got fresh meat and vegetables from great grocery stores like whole foods
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If you are looking for a repeat of milk you are going to be disappointed