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Books in English with weight (metric) measurements?

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Marimorimo

Books in English with weight (metric) measurements?

Can anyone list the books that they know? It can be any kind of baking book (breads, cakes, pastries) as long as it's in English and contains weight measurements.  Preferably in metric. Or at the very least, in ounces.

I went on a baking book shopping spree about 5 years ago and 90% of my English books contained volume measurements. Not too tough at first, but the constant fiddling with measurements (as I liked making my own adjustments) frustrated me.

Am I right in thinking that publishers are slowly becoming more open-minded about including weights in recipes in recent years?

I'll start:

King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking (measurements in volume and ounces).

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PaddyL

There are tons of baking books from these countries with the measurements in metric, and the Canadian books have all measurements in both cups and metric.  The list, if made, would be enormous, but you could start with Cakes by Rachel Allen, if you like.

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PetraR

You can also look for a weight conversion table online, there are plenty, so you can still use your old books and than just look it up:)

 

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Darwin

You can preview the The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) books on Amazon.  These are school text books and usually have precise measurements.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=baking+cia&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Abaking+cia

 

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David Esq.

Tartine Bread, by Chad Robertson

The Handmade Loaf, by Dan Lepard

Whole Grain Breads by Reinhart

 

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jimrich

Almost every new reliable cookbook that is being published now has measurements in metric weight as well as volume. Even newspapers like the New York Times now gives gram measurements for all recipes in the paper and on their website.

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emkay

'Advanced Bread and Pastry' by Michel Suas has weight measurements in both kilograms and pounds/ounces.

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lizzy0523

The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Reinhart

Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast; Forkish

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Ruralidle

Try Dough, Crust and Pastry by Richard Bertinet, a Frenchman who trained as a baker in France but is now living and working in his own baking/cookery school in Bath, UK.

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Marimorimo

Thanks a lot for the recommendations. I'm glad to see that there are more forward-looking bookings since the last time I looked.

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Kiseger

How to make Bread by Emmanuel  Hadjiandreou is all metric weights and has some great breads, clearly explained.  Am a big fan of Forkish's FWSY and Robertson's Tartine and Tartine 3 as well.