Pierre Hermé Vegan Pastry

Wonderful book, highly recommend adding to your culinary library.

Excelente libro, se nota el trabajo de investigación por cuenta de los Chefs, los postres de Pierre hermé muy bien adaptados al veganismo, el libro es lindo y con pasta dura, le da mucho carácter. No es un libro para los que apenas inician en la pastelería, creo que si es necesaria cierta experticia en pastelería. Algunos ingredientes pueden sonar extraños pero se consiguen relativamente fácil, excepto el 'yumgo". El punto negativo para mi es la utilización de margarina en algunas recetas, sobre todo en las masas laminadas l, estoy seguro que con algo más de trabajo se puede reemplazar la mantequilla por algo menos nocivo y más sabroso que la margarina

Great book.

This book is beautiful, and I love that chefs of this stature are rethinking vegan pastry. That said, however, this is not a user-friendly book, given that it contains specific special and expensive ingredients that are hard to find, like Yumgo. It also uses vegan butter/margarine, which I detest for its processed flavor. I can figure out how to make vegan pastry myself if it's just a matter of substituting vegan butter and plant-based milk. I was disappointed to find a dearth of cakes and cookies and an excess of macarons. I think Philip Khoury's book on vegan baking is much better. But it's a beautiful book and some of the recipes are worth the hassle if you have the time and patience.

Disappointing and pretentious. I've been a vegan baker for over 25 years and I was really looking forward to this cookbook. Unfortunately, it was a huge letdown. The author explains nothing about technique and instead provides a list of ingredients, many obscure and unavailable in the United States, along with some recipes. I could have googled everything he offers in this book. The photos are very pretty, though, and if you're looking for a glossy cookbook with style but without substance, this is the book for you.

If you're an experienced pastry chef, this is the book for you! If you're anyone else, including pretty good home bakers, this is better checked out from your library. Lots of specialty ingredients paired with limited instructions (what is this, a British Bake Off technical challenge?) and lovely photographs do not a cookbook make.