Book – Bourke Street Bakery: All Things Sweet

You can always tell a hot restaurant or café in Sydney, just look for a queue that snakes around the corner while all the nearby establishments are all but deserted. The Bourke Street Bakery in Surry Hills, is almost a destination in its own right because of the heavenly breads and all things carbalicious.

Now Paul Allam and David McGuinness – the two men behind this foodie hub have written a new cookery tome – Bourke Street Bakery – All Things Sweet –Unbeatable Recipes From The Iconic Bakery.  It’s a generous book, which is aimed at both novice and more experienced cooks, detailing everything from the different types of flour needed for baking and other essential ingredients.

However it’s the lavish recipes, which make this book such a page turner because every cake or tart that’s ever been dreamt up is written up here – from the humble sponge – to choux ricotta doughnuts. In short, it’s a book far too delicious to leave on the shelf.

Bourke Street Bakery features:

• Written by Paul Allam and David McGuinness.
• Hardback
• 314 pages.
• Includes the basics of baking.
• Colour photography by Alan Benson.
• Extensive index.

Book dimensions: 19.7cm (l) x 26cm (h) x 3cm (w).