Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry)

Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry) - Hardcover

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Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry) - Hardcover

Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry) - Hardcover

by Christina Wood
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Book Overview

Make out-of-this-world, showstopping bakes by perfecting the Three Pillars of Pastry (brioche, puff pastry, and croissant) with the steady hand of a self-taught baker as your guide.

In this pastry cookbook, you'll find 30+ innovative, sweet and savory recipes crafted by the highly sought-after Temple Pastries bakery.

Named 2026 Gold Winner of Pubwest Book Design Awards

JOIN THE CULT OF THE CROISSANT! In this creative pastry cookbook, master three foundational dough recipes: brioche, puff pastry, and croissant. Then build confidence with 30+ recipes that bring those bakes to life in all their mouthwatering glory.

Author Christina Wood--self-taught home baker turned owner and benevolent leader of Temple Pastries and James Beard Award semifinalist--swoops in to demystify those intimidating, picture-perfect pastries that may have felt too challenging to attempt. Ideal for experienced home bakers, you'll find step by step guidance in clear, unambiguous language; detailed timelines for planning your day; and plenty of process shots to bestow necessary confidence.

Includes savory and not-too-sweet flavors such as:
  • Chinese Five-Spice Kouign Amann
  • Gochujang Babka
  • Harissa-Sweet Potato Rosette Tart with Feta
  • Cheesy Blistered Tomato Croissant

Sweet tooths are covered too!
  • Poached Quince Tarte Tatin
  • Creme Brulee Donut
  • Sumac-Roasted Strawberry Cheesecake Croissant

We know you've already mastered cakes and cookies. Now take your skills to the next level with these three mouthwatering pillars of pastry!
ISBN9781632175502
Author Christina Wood
PublisherSasquatch Books
GenreFood & cooking
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages208
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry) - Hardcover

Pastry Temple: Baking with Inspired Flavors (a Pastry Cookbook for Croissant, Brioche, and Puff Pastry) - Hardcover

By Christina Wood

About Christina Wood

CHRISTINA WOOD has more than 15 years of experience working with pastry. After many years as an accountant, teaching herself how to bake at home ignited a passion for learning pastry techniques, and with it, demystifying the secretive world of pastry professionals. After landing her first professional pastry job in Seattle in 2015, she then branched out on her own in 2018, opening the brick and mortar Temple Pastries in October 2020. In 2026 she was named a James Beard Award semifinalist.

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