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Shirley O. Corriher

Shirley O. Corriher
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Shirley O. Corriher

Shirley O. Corriher has a B.A. in chemistry from Vanderbilt University, where she was also a biochemist at the medical school. She has problem-solved for everyone from Julia Child to Procter & Gamble and Pillsbury. She has taught and lectured throughout the world. She has long been a writer-- authoring a regular syndicated column in The Los Angeles Times Syndicate's Great Chefs series as well as technical articles in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Her first book, Cookwise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking is a bestseller and won a James Beard Award for excellence. Shirley has received many awards, including the Best Cooking Teacher of the Year in Bon... Read full bio

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EXCLUSIVE RANTS, RAVES AND MUSINGS FROM S&S AUTHORS
Baking tips from BakeWise
November 25, 2008

It's me Shirley Corriher. Below are the chief concerns of bakers everywhere as well as the solutions I give them. Hope this...
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When I come up with a really great recipe, or figure out how or why something happens, I can’t wait to share it with...
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Books on Baking That Go Beyond Basics
CHOW, December 16, 2011
...novice baker is bound to have failures, which can be discouraging and puzzling," she says, but author Shirley O. Corriher explains why things happen, and "how to prevent a recurrence." If pastry is your focus, janniecooks recommends Rose Levy...
Science & Technology Reviews, November 1, 2011 
Library Journal, October 28, 2011
...not the first to tackle this subject. Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking is a classic, and Shirley O. Corriher’s CookWise and BakeWise are more recipe-focused. Still, although Field’s contribution is written for Mr. Wizard fans rather than Betty...
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The Kitchn, September 22, 2011
...is the best way to learn how to cook. I learned the whys and hows through experience. Later, Shirley Corriher wrote CookWise (more recently BakeWise) and with her explanations of the science of cooking it all came together for me. I must have read that...