Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Tang, Joyce
Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Tang, Joyce

Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats

A stunningly photographed ode to all the flavors of Asian Americana, this collection of 75 recipes and...
$42.00 USD
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Author: Joyce Tang
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Tang, Joyce

Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats

$42.00
Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats by Tang, Joyce

Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats

$42.00
Author: Joyce Tang
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A stunningly photographed ode to all the flavors of Asian Americana, this collection of 75 recipes and drinks from Oakland's Bake Sum bakery demystifies the techniques and flavors behind all your favorite desserts.

Bake Sum guides readers through classic Asian puddings & jellies like Almond Jello, Mango Pudding, and Taho (sweet silken tofu), before moving on to sesame-studded and matcha scented cookies, beautiful layer cakes, breads, the bakery's famous laminated pastries, and tarts and pies of all kinds?from an Egg Custard Tart to Miso Apple Turnovers. Learn the secrets of the bakery's New York Times-lauded Croissubi, a spam musubi-croissant hybrid, how to make perfect milk bread, and how to work with ingredients and flavors like yuzu, black sesame, ube, pandan, and hojicha.

Between the bakes are thoughtful essays on culture--learn how the Chinese pineapple bun is actually a relative of the concha, and how Shokupan evolved from American-style white bread and became the cottony milk bread that we know today.

Whether you come to Bake Sum with a deep nostalgia for its flavors, are curious to try a mooncake for the first time or want to learn how to laminate a croissant at home, this is the book for you.

  • 75 Recipes for All Skill Levels: Whether you're a first-time baker or ready to laminate your own croissants, Bake Sum meets you where you are.
  • Step-By-Step Photography and Technique Breakdowns: Clear instructions and photos make even advanced bakes approachable.
  • Heartfelt and Interesting Essays: Short essays trace the fascinating beginnings of beloved bakes, as well as Joyce's journey to pastry chef and bakery owner


Author: Joyce Tang,Soleil Ho
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781964786162

About the Author
Joyce Tang started her career in tech at Facebook, but left to enroll in culinary school in 2015. She began working in bakeries and restaurants all over the Bay Area and landed herself an externship at the three-Michelin-starred El Celler de Can Roca while three months pregnant. She counts herself as the first woman to have ever breastfed while working at the illustrious decades-old Catalonian establishment. Joyce founded Bake Sum as a pop-up bakery in the midst of the 2020 pandemic, and the bakery has since grown into a pink storefront in Oakland where she delights fans with her fluffy, colorful, and creative takes on pastry.

Soleil Ho is a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle and the newspaper's former restaurant critic. In 2022, they won a Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award from the James Beard Foundation. Previously, Ho worked as a freelance food and pop culture writer, as a host on the award-nominated podcast Racist Sandwich, and as a restaurant chef. With the chef Tu David Phu, they co-wrote the cookbook The Memory of Taste: Vietnamese American Recipes from Phú Qu?c, Oakland, and the Spaces Between.
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