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Vegan Chocolate

Author : Fran Costigan
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762450673
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Vegan Chocolate written by Fran Costigan and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be difficult to find truly indulgent vegan desserts -- especially chocolate. But for the first time, chocolate cakes, brownies, truffles, puddings, ice creams, and more are within reach: dairy-free, organic, fair-trade, and sublime. Author, baking instructor, and vegan powerhouse Fran Costigan has dedicated years to satisfying her sweet tooth while keeping it vegan. Through experimentation and long hours in the kitchen, she's recreated some of her favorite chocolate desserts as better-for-you interpretations that pass the taste test: Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles (with a variety of flavor variations), a Brooklyn Blackout Layer Cake, a Sacher Torte, even chocolate Moon Pies! Her detailed instructions make for professional-quality outcomes every time: it's like a personal baking class, right in your kitchen. The perfect gift for anyone with a sweet tooth, Vegan Chocolate is sure to become an instant classic.

Four Seasons Mousse Cakes

Author : Kica Edition
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Four Seasons Mousse Cakes written by Kica Edition and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a truly professional pastry collection with our Four Seasons Mousse Cakes recipe book! We've gathered together eight of our most-loved mousse and soufflé cake recipes for you to try out. These recipes celebrate seasonal fruits and flavors in the form of eye-catching cakes, which have been designed to impress with their artistic forms. Learn how to make three fruity soufflé cakes - Raspberry, Blackcurrant, and Strawberry - and decorate them beautifully using fresh berries. The berry theme continues with our recipe for a festive winter Cranberry Mousse Cake. Prefer more indulgent flavors? We have four mousse cake recipes that'll satisfy your cravings. Find out how to prepare a tempting Macadamia Mousse Cake, a charming Coffee Mousse Cake, a rich Chocolate Mousse Cake, and a heavenly Dulce de Leche Mousse Cake. The Four Seasons Mousse Cakes recipe book will show you how to make premium mousse and soufflé cakes with ease. Simply follow our step-by-step methods and become equipped with important skills and techniques. Need a bit more guidance? Our short videos of assembly are here to help you master each recipe. Four Seasons Mousse Cakes recipe book contents: Blackcurrant Soufflé Cake Chocolate Mousse Cake Coffee Mousse Cake Cranberry Mousse Cake Dulce de Leche Mousse Cake Raspberry Soufflé Cake Strawberry Soufflé Cake Tempting Macadamia Mousse Cake

Zoë Bakes Cakes

Author : Zoë François
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1984857371
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Zoë Bakes Cakes written by Zoë François and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IACP AWARD FINALIST • The expert baker and bestselling author behind the Magnolia Network original series Zoë Bakes explores her favorite dessert—cakes!—with more than 85 recipes to create flavorful and beautiful layers, loafs, Bundts, and more. “Zoë’s relentless curiosity has made her an artist in the truest sense of the word.”—Joanna Gaines, co-founder of Magnolia NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME OUT Cake is the ultimate symbol of celebration, used to mark birthdays, weddings, or even just a Tuesday night. In Zoë Bakes Cakes, bestselling author and expert baker Zoë François demystifies the craft of cakes through more than eighty-five simple and straightforward recipes. Discover treats such as Coconut–Candy Bar Cake, Apple Cake with Honey-Bourbon Glaze, and decadent Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake. With step-by-step photo guides that break down baking fundamentals—like creaming butter and sugar—and Zoë’s expert knowledge to guide you, anyone can make these delightful creations. Featuring everything from Bundt cakes and loaves to a beautifully layered wedding confection, Zoë shows you how to celebrate any occasion, big or small, with delicious homemade cake.

A Year in Chocolate

Author : Alice Medrich
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780446526647
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book A Year in Chocolate written by Alice Medrich and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to chocolate desserts offers tips on tempering chocolate, and includes recipes for treats including mocha marble cheesecake, strawberry mocha meringue, and bittersweet chocolate truffles.

Sally's Baking Addiction

Author : Sally McKenney
Publisher : Race Point Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0760353735
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Sally's Baking Addiction written by Sally McKenney and published by Race Point Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated with a brand-new selection of desserts and treats, the fully illustrated Sally's Baking Addiction cookbook offers more than 80 scrumptious recipes for indulging your sweet tooth—featuring a chapter of healthier dessert options, including some vegan and gluten-free recipes. It's no secret that Sally McKenney loves to bake. Her popular blog, Sally's Baking Addiction, has become a trusted source for fellow dessert lovers who are also eager to bake from scratch. Sally's famous recipes include award-winning Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Cookies, No-Bake Peanut Butter Banana Pie, delectable Dark Chocolate Butterscotch Cupcakes, and yummy Marshmallow Swirl S'mores Fudge. Find tried-and-true sweet recipes for all kinds of delicious: Breads & Muffins Breakfasts Brownies & Bars Cakes, Pies & Crisps Candy & Sweet Snacks Cookies Cupcakes Healthier Choices With tons of simple, easy-to-follow recipes, you get all of the sweet with none of the fuss! Hungry for more? Learn to create even more irresistible sweets with Sally’s Candy Addiction and Sally’s Cookie Addiction.

Vintage Cakes

Author : Julie Richardson
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1607741032
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Vintage Cakes written by Julie Richardson and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming collection of updated recipes for both classic and forgotten cakes, from a timeless yellow birthday cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, to the new holiday standard, Gingerbread Icebox Cake with Mascarpone Mousse, written by a master baker and coauthor of Rustic Fruit Desserts. Make every occasion—the annual bake sale, a birthday party, or even a simple Sunday supper—a celebration with this charming collection of more than 50 remastered classics. Each recipe in Vintage Cakes is a confectionary stroll down memory lane. After sifting through her treasure trove of cookbooks and recipe cards, master baker and author Julie Richardson selected the most inventive, surprising, and just plain delicious cakes she could find. The result is a delightful and delectable time capsule of American baking, with recipes spanning a century. With precise and careful guidance, Richardson guides home bakers—whether total beginners or seasoned cooks—toward picture-perfect meringues, extra-creamy frostings, and lighter-than-air chiffons. A few of the dreamy cakes that await: a chocolatey Texas Sheet Cake as large and abundant as its namesake state, the boozy Not for Children Gingerbread Bundt cake, and the sublime Lovelight Chocolate Chiffon Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream. With recipes to make Betty Crocker proud, these nostalgic and foolproof sweets rekindle our love affair with cakes.

Passionate About Baking

Author : Deeba Rajpal
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9354921434
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Passionate About Baking written by Deeba Rajpal and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A home baker for over 20 years, food stylist and photographer Deeba Rajpal put her passion to the test when she decided to blog about her adventures in the kitchen. Soon, her simple yet delectable dessert recipes accompanied by beautiful, evocative imagery struck a chord with people across the globe, turning her blog, Passionate about Baking, into one of the most popular blogs in the country. Inspired by her blog, this book is a collection of some of her most loved chocolate dessert recipes for every kind of indulgence. With healthy, tasty yet easy-to-make chocolate delights -- from tarts, tea cakes and cupcakes to cookies, traybakes and cakes for special occasions -- and simple tips and tricks, Deeba shows you how working with chocolate can be oh so fun!

My Private Collection

Author : Nick Ligidakis
Publisher : Inkwell Productions
ISBN 13 : 0965815838
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book My Private Collection written by Nick Ligidakis and published by Inkwell Productions. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikos' limited first edition print of his extraordinary dessert cookbook is an essential book to add to your collection. All of Nikos' celebrated dessert recipes to date are in this book.

The Essence of Chocolate

Author : John Scharffenberger
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essence of Chocolate written by John Scharffenberger and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 2006-10-25 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first cookbook from America's premier chocolate makers, Scharffen Berger Chocolate, features more than 100 spectacular--and often simple--recipes drawn from the company files and two dozen top pastry chefs.

Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor

Author : Anne Byrn
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 076115955X
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor written by Anne Byrn and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cake Mix Doctor goes chocolate! Anne Byrn brings her proven prescription for doctoring cake mix to an ingredient that inspires love bordering on obsession. It's a marriage made in baker's heaven-150 all-new, all-easy recipes for cakes, starring the ingredient that surpasses all other flavors, including vanilla, by a 3-to-1 margin, and that Americans consume to the tune of 2.8 billion pounds a year. Starting with versatile supermarket cake mixes and adding just the right extras-including melted semisweet chocolate bars, chocolate chips, or cocoa powder, plus fresh eggs or a bit of buttermilk, dried coconut, mashed bananas, or instant coffee powder-a baker at any level of experience can turn out dark, rich, moist, delicious chocolate layer cakes, time and again. Not to mention sheet cakes, pound cakes, cupcakes and muffins, cheesecakes, cookies, brownies, and bars. Rounding out the book are 38 all-new homemade frostings and fillings, and a full-color insert showing every cake in the book.

Miette

Author : Meg Ray
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642507725
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Miette written by Meg Ray and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy 100 Mouth-Watering Pastry Recipes from Miette “The photos are so enticing, and the pastries so perfectly made, we almost ate the paper.”—The Oregonian #1 New Release in Chocolate Baking, Brunch & Tea, and Pie Baking Sharing the secrets of creating the perfect pastries, candies, cookies, and chews from the Miette Patisserie, this delicious dessert cookbook combines the rustic charm of homemade sweets with the elegance of French baking. Bring home San Francisco’s favorite French bakery. Renowned for beautiful cakes and whimsical confections, Miette Patisserie is among the most beloved of San Francisco's culinary destinations for locals and travelers. At Miette, cakes, cookies, and desserts are transformed into creative creations. Its pretty Parisian aesthetic enchants visitors with tables piled high with beribboned bags of gingersnaps, homemade marshmallows, fleur de sel caramels, and rainbows of gumballs. The cutest confectionary cookbook you’ll ever own. Self-taught baker and owner Meg Ray shares baking recipes and secret formulas for favorite Miette treats in this scrumptious sweets cookbook. More than 75 gorgeous color photos capture the enchanting beauty of Miette desserts and shops. The edges on the book block enhance its charming package, adding a sweet touch to every home. Whether professionals or beginners, baking aficionados will delight in these unique bakery recipes. Just like the adorable cakes, cookies, eclairs, and tarts for sale in Miette's, this book is irresistible! Inside, find recipes like: • Strawberry Charlotte • Chocolate Sablés • Lime Meringue Tart • And more! If you’re looking for a French baking gift, a pastry chef cookbook, or a French baking cookbook—like Dessert Person, French Pastry Made Simple, and Tartine—then you’ll love Miette.

The Food52 Cookbook

Author : Amanda Hesser
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006210103X
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book The Food52 Cookbook written by Amanda Hesser and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A testament to crowd-sourcing, to accomplished cooks who don’t necessarily blog, and to Food52.com’s smart curating.” —Washington Post The Best Cooks Are Home Cooks Accomplished food writers and editors Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs had a mission: to discover and celebrate the best home cooks in the country. Each week for fifty-two weeks, they ran recipe contests on their website, Food52.com, and the 140 winning recipes make up this book. They include: Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies Secret Ingredient Beef Stew Simple Summer Peach Cake Wishbone Roast Chicken with Herb Butter These recipes prove the truth that great home cooking doesn’t have to be complicated or precious to be memorable. This book captures the community spirit that has made Food52 a success. It features Amanda’s and Merrill’s thoughts and tips on every recipe, plus behind-the-scenes photos, reader comments, and portraits of the contributors—putting you right in the kitchen with America’s most talented cooks. “There’s something for everyone . . . from crowd-pleasing Zucchini Pancakes to elegant Risotto Rosso. And isn’t it heartwarming that something as ephemeral as a blog, about something as transient as food, might be just good enough to make it to your permanent bookshelf? Take a bow, home cooks.” —NPR “Even readers with a shelf full of cookbooks will appreciate the book's broad, creative collection. . . . Cooks of all skill levels will find plenty of room to stretch.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies

Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317953002
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to satisfying chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting book discusses: Chocolate Fads: chocolate books, chocolate goodies (cakes, candy, cookies, ice cream), chocolate clubs, chocolate festivals, chocolate fund-raising, chocolate marketing, chocolate media, and chocolate novelties Chocolate Folklore: chocolate companies, chocolate history, chocolate nutrition, chocolate moguls, chocolate quotes, chocolate tips, chocolate trivia, and chocolate types Chocolate Fantasies: chocoholism, chocolate feasts, chocolate love, chocolate parties, chocolate promotions, and chocolate psychology. At the end of the book is a 200-item Chocoquiz, in the style of Trivial Pursuit, so that readers can use the book as a reference source to know everything there is to know about chocolate.Reference sections include acknowledgments to chocolate manufacturers, chocolate-related companies, a listing of chocolate publications (media articles, children's books, chocolate guides, cookbooks, chocolate humor, and chocolate specialities), and an impressive list of addresses and telephone numbers for more than 100 chocolate and chocolate-related companies. All chocoholics, out of the closet or not, will want to read this book. Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies promises to be the last word in chocolate, no fudging!

BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts

Author : Stella Parks
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393634272
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts written by Stella Parks and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award (Baking and Desserts) A New York Times bestseller and named a Best Baking Book of the Year by the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Bon Appétit, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Boston Globe, USA Today, Amazon, and more. "The most groundbreaking book on baking in years. Full stop." —Saveur From One-Bowl Devil’s Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that’s crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like Blueberry Muffins and Glossy Fudge Brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, your favorites are all here. These meticulously tested recipes bring an award-winning pastry chef’s expertise into your kitchen, along with advice on how to “mix it up” with over 200 customizable variations—in short, exactly what you’d expect from a cookbook penned by a senior editor at Serious Eats. Yet BraveTart is much more than a cookbook, as Stella Parks delves into the surprising stories of how our favorite desserts came to be, from chocolate chip cookies that predate the Tollhouse Inn to the prohibition-era origins of ice cream sodas and floats. With a foreword by The Food Lab’s J. Kenji López-Alt, vintage advertisements for these historical desserts, and breathtaking photography from Penny De Los Santos, BraveTart is sure to become an American classic.

The Artful Baker

Author : Cenk Sonmezsoy
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683351029
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book The Artful Baker written by Cenk Sonmezsoy and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 100 extraordinary desserts—with photos and meticulous instructions—by the creator of the internationally acclaimed blog Cafe Fernando: “Superb.” —David Lebovitz, bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen Written, styled, photographed, and designed by Cenk Sönmezsoy, The Artful Baker shares the inspiring story of a passionate home baker, beginning with his years after graduate school in San Francisco and showcasing the fruits of a baking obsession he cultivated after returning home to Istanbul. Sönmezsoy’s stories and uniquely styled images, together with his original creations and fresh take on traditional recipes, offer a window into the life of this luminary artist. The Artful Baker is comprised of almost entirely new content, with a few updated versions of readers’ favorites from his blog, such as Brownie Wears Lace, his signature brownies topped with blond chocolate ganache and bittersweet chocolate lace (originally commissioned by Dolce & Gabbana and awarded “Best Original Baking and Desserts Recipe” by Saveur magazine); Raspberry Jewel Pluot Galette, inspired by Chez Panisse’s 40th anniversary celebrations; and Devil Wears Chocolate, his magnificent devil’s food cake. Covering indulgences from cookies to cakes and tarts to ice creams, recipes include Pistachio and Matcha Sablés; Tahini and Leblebi (double-roasted chickpeas) Swirl Brownies; Sakura Madeleines; Sourdough Simit, the beloved ring-shaped Turkish bread beaded with sesame seeds; Isabella Grape and Kefir Ice Cream; Pomegranate Jam; and Blanche, a berry tart named after the Golden Girl Blanche Devereaux. Each has been tested by an army of home bakers with varying levels of skill, equipment, and access to ingredients, and revised to ensure they’ll work flawlessly in any kitchen. Measurements of ingredients are provided in both volume and weight (grams), and where a volume measurement isn’t useful, weight measurements are provided in both ounces and grams.

Elizabeth Falkner's Demolition Desserts

Author : Elizabeth Falkner
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1580087817
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth Falkner's Demolition Desserts written by Elizabeth Falkner and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut collection of 65 signature dessert recipes, star pastry chef Falkner, owner of Citizen Cake, Citizen Cupcake, and Orson in San Francisco, breaks down classic desserts and reconstructs them flavor by flavor, with stunning results. Full color.

Dessert University

Author : Roland Mesnier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103593
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Dessert University written by Roland Mesnier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Executive Pastry Chef at the White House for twenty-five years, Roland Mesnier has been responsible for creating thousands of elegant, delicious confections and dazzling desserts for hundreds of state dinners and family occasions. An accomplished teacher as well as a master chef, he now shares his expertise with home cooks in Dessert University, which features more than 300 spectacular recipes. This beautifully illustrated volume is a complete course in making the full spectrum of spectacular sweets—from breakfast pastries, cookies, and pies to fresh-fruit desserts, frozen confections, and cakes. Recipes in each chapter are organized from the simplest to the most complex, and Chef Mesnier walks you through each step, pointing out common mistakes and offering insights on technique gained from his years as a professional. Most of these recipes need few special ingredients and almost no fancy equipment; nearly everything can be purchased at a well-stocked supermarket, department store, or kitchen supply store. Chef Mesnier includes tips on techniques, ingredients, and serving suggestions, and offers home cooks practical advice, such as how to fill and use a pastry bag and the best way to whip egg whites. Mesnier starts off with his fresh-fruit desserts, including uniquely wonderful recipes such as Bananas in Raspberry Cream, Blueberry Fool, and Poached Peaches with Chestnut Mousse. He moves on to creamy custards, puddings, soufflés, mousses and Bavarians, ice creams, meringues, crêpes, and breakfast treats (including buttery brioche and croissant doughs). Chef Mesnier's cookie and bar recipes will fill your cookie jar with such treats as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Almond Crescents, Orange Butter Cookies, Brownies, and Florentine Squares. There are sweet and savory tarts, and cakes ranging from the simple (Lemon Pound Cake) to the unusual (Peanut Butter and Jelly Roulade Cake) to the sophisticated (Chocolate Champagne Mousse Cake). More than fifty black-and-white line drawings throughout illustrate Chef Mesnier's instructions for the more complicated recipes. Whether you're a novice who has never picked up a rolling pin or an accomplished cook looking to hone and enhance your skills, this is truly a book you cannot do without.