Crust
Essential Sweets and Savories from Victoria's Beloved Bakery
A GLOBE & MAIL BESTSELLER.
From the go-to boutique bakery in Victoria, BC, this cookbook—with over 85 recipes—satisfies every sweet, savory, and in-between craving you might have, all while making you a better baker.
Every morning, for over a decade, locals and visitors alike have lined up outside Crust Bakery, eager to taste its delicious, rustic baking. It’s the kind of baking you dream of filling your home with. And now, you can! Within the pages of this debut cookbook, Crust founding chef Tom Moore shares recipes for the bakery’s most popular menu items, breaking them down into manageable steps and peppering in hints and tips to help you achieve success at home. You’ll have no trouble making the perfect baked good, whether…
TOM MOORE is an award-winning chef, baker, restaurateur, and culinary teacher from Tamworth, Australia. As well as cooking in a multitude of restaurants and teaching cookery in his own private school, Tom was the owner and chef of the restaurant Grazing and his first bakery, Knead, where he was awarded the title of Australian Young Restauranteur of the year. Tom opened Crust Bakery in Victoria in 2013 and continues to enjoy Vancouver Island’s fresh offerings, both at work and at home, where some of his favorite days are spent in the kitchen with his kids, his wife Pennye, and her two teenagers. His most recent culinary adventure has been opening the Victoria eatery aptly named Tombo Eats.