Baking with Julia

Hosted by the late culinary grande dame Julia Child, this series showcases the country's outstanding pastry chefs, bakers, teachers and cookbook authors offering indispensable techniques, time-honored tips and meticulously tested recipes that make home baking successful and satisfying. The featured bakers demonstrate recipes for the extraordinary variety of breads now popular across the country and for some of the greatest examples of America's favorite menu course -- dessert.

Wed, Sep 25	4:30 A.M.	Baba and Savarin with David Blom NHPBS (11.1) David Blom, pastry chef at Chef Allen's Restaurant in North Miami, shows Julia Child how to bake traditional Polish cakes known as babas and savarin.
Wed, Oct 2	4:30 A.M.	Puff Pastry with Michel Richard NHPBS (11.1) Julia Child observes as California master chefs Michel Richard and Alice Medrich work their magic with puff pastry and biscotti in this episode of BAKING WITH JULIA.
Tue, Oct 8	2:30 A.M.	Vanilla Chiffon Chocolate Mousse Cake with Mary Bergin NHPBS (11.1) Mary Bergin of Las Vegas, Nevada, head pastry chef for Wolfgang Puck' s Spago Restaurant, demonstrates how to make a vanilla chiffon cake with a twist -- a full vanilla flavor and a thin, flexible shape, ideal for rolling with chocolate-laced walnut mousse.
Wed, Oct 9	4:30 A.M.	Poppyseed Torte with Markus Farbinger NHPBS (11.1) Master chef at The Culinary Institute of America, NY, Markus Farbinger teaches Julia Child how to create a special Viennese pastry treat, a poppy seed torte.
Tue, Oct 15	2:30 A.M.	Craig Kominiak NHPBS (11.1) Executive chef Craig Kominiak at Ecce Panis Bakery in New York City visits Julia Child in her kitchen.