On 5/4/06, LDR wrote:

Why also complain (other posters, I think) that she's too fussy? Or put
another way: Why
prefer information that's dumbed down?


You misrepresent my comments. What I said was, "I have had all three of her
bibles and think that her recipes are, overall, more trouble than they are
worth. She is obsessively fussy, and, while the results are good, you can
get as good a results without being so nitpicky."

Many of her recipes are far too complex for the results. I've owned a
bakery and had professional pastry chefs work for me. They look at her
books with incredulity. You don't have to make it that hard to get good
results.

There is a difference between "dumbed down" and excessively complex. Good
instruction falls somewhere inbetween these extremes. It's not rocket
science, we're not inventing a cure for cancer... it's just a cake.

Mike


Mike