Picks and Pans Review: Baking with Julia

UPDATED 12/09/1996 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/09/1996 at 01:00 AM EST

by Dorie Greenspan

Encyclopedic is the word for this PBS series companion, in which Julia Child debriefs experts like chocolate guru Alice Medrich. A great read for;cookbook-cruisers—with clear directions for blueberry muffins as well as babas (sponge pastry). (Morrow, $40)