With a career that has taken him across Europe and Asia, global baker Dean Brettschneider shares the best of his baking experiences and influences in this book. From recipes for his signature breads such as pain au levain and chocolate chip hot cross buns, and crowd favourites picked up from his time in Shanghai, such as Chinese steamed buns with spring onions and red bean and sesame ring bread, to new pastry and dessert creations such as fruit mince moon cakes and sweet potato and blueberry creme brulee, Dean also provides easy-to-follow instructions on baking techniques and decoration tips, to equip and inspire bakers of all levels of proficiency.

Good food brings people together and nobody knows that better than Dean Brettschneider and his teams at Baker & Cook and Brettschneider's Baking & Cooking School. Dean's irresistible range of pastries, cakes and meals -- served up at his bakeries and taught at his cooking school -- draw people together, and he shares many of these favourite recipes in this book. With nutrient-packed breakfasts, tasty light bites, hearty one-pot wonders and the best flavours from East and West, this collection of more than 70 tried-and-tested recipes is a must-have for anyone who enjoys cooking and eating good food. Carefully written with clear and detailed steps, the recipes will guide home cooks to recreate these dishes to share with family and friends.

Recognised as one of the world's best bakers, Global Baker Dean Brettschneider defines his baking style as New World bakinga mix of tradition and innovation. In New World Baking: My Time in Shanghai Dean Brettschneider shares his best recipes for breads, pastries and cakes that delight the cosmopolitan crowds in Shanghai day after day.Categorised by the dining experiencebreakfast, lunch and dinneryou can now plan your baking around mealtimes and serve up a Deluxe Fruit and Nut Loaf or an Italian Bomboloni for breakfast, a Mushroom, Tomato and Cheese Brioche Tart or a Pumpkin and Cumin Turkish Pide for lunch and an Orange Pine Nut Polenta Cake or an Aniseed and Black Sesame Seed Petite Baguette for dinner.