Mary Berry (1) (1935–)
Author of Cooking Arts Collection: Cooking Essentials
For other authors named Mary Berry, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Mary Berry is a judge on The Great Holiday Baking Show and The Great British Baking Show. She has written over 70 cookbooks, and is regarded as a "national treasure" in Britain.
Works by Mary Berry
The Great British Bake Off: How to Bake: The Perfect Victoria Sponge and Other Baking Secrets (2011) 131 copies, 2 reviews
Mary Berry's Baking Bible: Revised and Updated: With Over 250 New and Classic Recipes (2023) 27 copies, 1 review
Entertaining with Mary Berry: Favorite Hors D'oeuvres, Entrées, Desserts, Baked Goods, and More (2020) 26 copies
Mary Berry's Traditional Puddings & Desserts: Gorgeous Classic Recipes to Treat Family and Friends. (2009) 13 copies, 1 review
Mary Berry's Stress-free Kitchen: 120 New and Improved Recipes for Easy Entertaining (2008) 12 copies
Mary Berry's Supper for Friends: Impressive, Easy-To-Prepare Dishes for Informal Entertaining. (2009) 10 copies
Mary Berry Winter Cookbook 1 copy
Traditionally Dutch 1 copy
The Baby Butterfly Counting Book Bilingual Education (Baby Butterfly Counting Book English to Spanish) (2013) 1 copy
Kookboek voor de bruid 1 copy
Mary Berry's Buffet Book 1 copy
Gifts of Food1 1 copy
Associated Works
Bath : a World Heritage spa city : official visitor guide 2018 — Introduction — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Berry, Mary-Rosa Alleyne
- Birthdate
- 1935-03-24
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Education
- Le Cordon Bleu, Paris
Bath High School
Bath College of Domestic Science - Occupations
- food writer
television host - Organizations
- South Western Electricity Board (home economist)
Women's Institute (president) - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 2012)
Freedom of the City of Bath (2014)
Freedom of the City of London (2014) - Agent
- Felicity Bryan Literary Agency
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Reviews
I received an advance copy via NetGalley.
I adore Mary Berry. I loved her when she was on the Great British Bake Off, and I have a previous cookbook of hers as well. This republication of one of her classic cookbooks incorporates American measures and includes recommendations for swaps for British ingredients, such as light corn syrup for golden syrup.
I was thrilled to get an early chance at this cookbook. I will say straight-up that this is not a one for beginners, nor is it organized to be approachable for beginners. After an introduction loaded with baking advice and equipment explanations, the very first recipe is a British standard, a Victoria Sandwich. The book overall feels cake-heavy, but there's a wide range of complication involved. To put it in Bake Off terms, many of the recipes tend toward Show Stoppers, with a number also presenting a Technical Challenge. Not that this is a bad thing. The variety here looks incredible, and I'd volunteer to taste test pretty much everything.
Some of the recipes that I most want to make are Crunchy Top Lemon Cake, Special Shortbread Cookies, Millionaire Shortbread (probably one of my all-time favorite desserts), and Bakewell Slices.
My biggest criticism of the book is that maybe only half of the recipes have photographs. More than one recipe I found intriguing but I really wanted to see it to know if it truly was of interest. Alas.
I still find this a solid cookbook for someone who loves Bake Off, Mary Berry, and wants to challenge themselves with recipes from one of the great bakers of the modern era.… (more)
I adore Mary Berry. I loved her when she was on the Great British Bake Off, and I have a previous cookbook of hers as well. This republication of one of her classic cookbooks incorporates American measures and includes recommendations for swaps for British ingredients, such as light corn syrup for golden syrup.
I was thrilled to get an early chance at this cookbook. I will say straight-up that this is not a one for beginners, nor is it organized to be approachable for beginners. After an introduction loaded with baking advice and equipment explanations, the very first recipe is a British standard, a Victoria Sandwich. The book overall feels cake-heavy, but there's a wide range of complication involved. To put it in Bake Off terms, many of the recipes tend toward Show Stoppers, with a number also presenting a Technical Challenge. Not that this is a bad thing. The variety here looks incredible, and I'd volunteer to taste test pretty much everything.
Some of the recipes that I most want to make are Crunchy Top Lemon Cake, Special Shortbread Cookies, Millionaire Shortbread (probably one of my all-time favorite desserts), and Bakewell Slices.
My biggest criticism of the book is that maybe only half of the recipes have photographs. More than one recipe I found intriguing but I really wanted to see it to know if it truly was of interest. Alas.
I still find this a solid cookbook for someone who loves Bake Off, Mary Berry, and wants to challenge themselves with recipes from one of the great bakers of the modern era.… (more)
A recipe cook book full of realistic meals by the very dependable Mary Berry.
3.5 stars - it’s a well laid out book, though I think should have included more photos. (Also, I think the reader would have preferred the existing photos to be in Berry’s own house rather than a show house. It is after all Mary’s name that is selling this book, but I can understand her not wanting her own house on show.) I didn’t really learn anything new as my mother would have taught me housekeeping and seems to be of the same vintage as Berry. But is a useful reference book to have.
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Statistics
- Works
- 121
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 3,146
- Popularity
- #8,116
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 35
- ISBNs
- 328
- Languages
- 10
Made the brownies July 2023.