Baking at République― Masterful Techniques and Recipes for Bakers

A stunning instructional from beloved Los Angeles baker Margarita Manzke, who teaches the key doughs, batters, recipes, and clever ways for creating wow-factor and bakery-quality results at home.

For all who aspire to master brioche, croissant, pâte á choux, or even cookie dough and muffin and cake batter, Margarita Manzke, super-star baker and co-owner of Los Angeles hotspot République, takes bakers through her methods for perfecting texture and amplifying flavors, one inspiring photograph and brilliant trick at a time. With chapters dedicated to teaching each dough or batter and 100 recipes that put the lessons to work, plus more than 125 helpful and inspiring photographs, bakers will discover how to truly elevate their baking, whether they're making Manzke's Instagram-perfect chocolate chip cookies or her Philippines-inflected Halo Halo Cake. Serious home bakers will revel in the game-elevating techniques and irresistible recipe riffs found in Baking at République.

MARGARITA MANZKE is the baker and co-owner of République, Sari Sari in L.A.'s Grand Central Market, Pettycash in L.A.'s DTLA district, and five Wildflour cafe-bakeries in Manila. She is a graduate of the CIA (Hyde Park) and a five-time semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Pastry Chef award. BETTY HALLOCK is a former staff writer and editor at the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal.