Our cookbook of the week is Duchess Bake Shop by self-taught baker extraordinaire Giselle Courteau. But it was while teaching English (and saving money for her own pastry shop) in the Japanese capital that her baking took new shape. in 2009, Courteau opened Duchess Bake Shop with her then-husband Garner Beggs. In a recently updated version of her debut cookbook, Duchess Bake Shop, she shares her vast expertise in more than 80 French-inspired recipes accompanied by detailed process photography. “I really appreciate tradition and simplicity, and there’s something magical about French pastry,” Courteau says.

Source: National Post February 15, 2018 13:52 UTC