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Baking With Julia Child
by Julia Child and Dorie Greenspan
This book reflects Julia's wonderful gentle spirit of a living cooking legend. She choose the best of twenty-six of the top bakers and the recipes reflect it. Try to catch the coordinating television series. Hardback
American Pie, Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Backroads
by Pascale Le Draoulec
To me, pie is the definitive American dessert. Just mention pie and it conjures up images of warm, fragrant kitchens with Mom in an apron standing at the stove. Pascale Le Draoulec took this idea along on a quest for the best pies in America. Hardback
Complete Review and Sample Recipes
Betty Crocker's Cookie Book
by Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker is "the" name in baking. You'll find over 200 recipes along with tips in this perfect cookie reference book.
Betty Crocker's Kids Cook
by Betty Crocker
My very first cookbook was the 1957 edition of Betty Crocker's Cook Book for Boys and Girls and I still have it. Kids love to be involved in the kitchen and this is the book to start them on. The recipes are simple, yet creative. Hardcover
Betty Crocker's Best of Baking
by Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker publishes an unbelievable amount of cookbooks and this is one of my favorites. Everything you need to know about baking is in this book. Hardback
The Cake Bible
by Rose Levy Beranbaum
My only problem with this book is that I am a visual (as in color pictures) person and there aren't enough for me. Pictures or no pictures, this is still a must for your desserts and baking reference library. Hardback
Celebrate Chocolate
by Marcel Desaulniers
If you loved Death By Chocolate, you'll love this book. Hardback
Complete Review and Sample Recipes
Death By Chocolate
by Marcel Desaulniers
This is a great book, lots of photos and easy-to-follow recipes for wonderful chocolate delicacies. Marcel is not only a talented teacher, but he understands and nurtures the love affair a lot of people have with chocolate. Hardback
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Desserts
edited by Mildred Ying
You just can't go wrong with a book that has everything you need to know about baking. There's also great illustrations and lots of color photographs to help with perfect baking. Hardback
Good Housekeeping Baking
by the editors of Good Housekeeping
This is a great book for every skill in baking. For the beginning baker, there are photographs of the cooking methods necessary for that type of baked good. For the more skilled baker, there are many recipes that allow for versatility in the outcome of the recipe. This book is for anyone interested in baking. Hardback.
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Desserts: Indescribably Delicious Desserts Made Easy with Precise Step-Step Photographs
Anyone can make the perfect dessert with this cookbook. Hardback
Ice Cream for All Seasons
by Deb Tomasi and Suzy Gardner
What a wonderful, easy cookbook to follow. Not only are there ice cream recipes for your basic Classic Vanilla, but there are recipes for the flavors of Green Tea, Cannoli Chip, and Nanaimo (a Canadian favorite), as well. They've also included Gelatos, Ices, Sorbets, and Sherbets. My favorite recipes are anything with chocolate, especially the Triple Chocolate Overload (cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and brownie pieces). I also loved playing with both of the authors' "Your Choice" recipes. They offer the basic ingredients and you choose the flavorings. Ice cream is truly for all seasons! Softcover.
Larousse Gastronomique
by Paul Hamlyn
"The World's Greatest Cookery Dictionary" is the cooking dictionary I use all of the time. Hardback
Last Dinner on the Titanic
by Rick Archbold and Dana McCauley
What a wonderful book that is combination cookbook and fun reader. See my feature Titanic Desserts for more details. Hardback.
Not Afraid of Flavor, Recipes from Magnolia Grill
by Ben and Karen Barker
How do I begin this review? How about "Oh my gosh!" This is truly my kind of cookbook. Not only is it beautiful, with gorgeous pictures, legible typeset, and the expected elegant dessert recipes, but it's a good read, too. I just love cookbooks you can enjoy for the cooking side, as well as the kind you can sit down in a big chair and enjoy reading. The best part is that, in a sense, Ben and Karen talk you through most of the recipes. The section on "The Art of Pie", is worth the purchase of this book alone. It helps get you through the fear of making a pie, most especially, the crust. Some of the mouth watering desserts are: Chocolate Peanut Praline Tart, Brown Sugar Pear Pound cake, Maple View Dairy Buttermilk Cheesecake, and Watermelon Granita. There's also a list of elegant desserts you can just "throw" together. Besides desserts, there are loads (over 100) of savory food recipes, too. (I can't wait to eat in their restaurant next time I'm in Durham, North Carolina.) Hardback
The Olives Dessert Table
by Todd English, Paige Retus, and Sally Sampson
Here is another lovely book created by people who own and operate a restaurant, in this case, several restaurants. Each dessert is a work of art. Although, the recipes are not difficult, there are usually several steps to completing each one. Of course, creating a masterpiece is well worth it. Some of the recipes I can't wait to make are: White Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding with Caramel Semi-Freedo and Boozy Caramel Sauce (I could eat the bread pudding alone, too!), Butterscotch Pudding in a Chocolate Crumb Crust with Fudge-Topped Toffee Cookies and Chocolate Lace Cigarettes (these are nicotine free), and Pound Cake with Seasonal Fruit Compote and Burnt Orange Ice Cream. Besides the recipes there is also a page called "Olive's Laws". These are common sense rules to help you make great desserts. Some of these rules are: Assume that the nuts used are toasted, unless otherwise advised. Always use unsalted butter, and large, room temperature, eggs. Hardback
A Passion for People: The Story of Mary Mahoney and Her Old French House Restaurant
by Edward J. Lepoma
My husband and I were in Biloxi, Mississippi on a business trip. Little did we know that we'd find more than an ocean, golf and gambling in this small Gulf Coast town. We found one of the best restaurants we've ever been to in our combined lives. So, if getting a cookbook is as close to eating the best food ever you can get, you need to get this cookbook. Hardcover
Perfect Cakes
by Nick Malgieri
Can you make a perfect cake? Why yes you can, according to Nick Malgieri, the author of this new wonderful cookbook. There is nothing like a good cake. When you mention baking a dessert everyone's mind naturally thinks of cake. Nick Malgieri can help us expand our cake-making repertoire with his cookbook. Hardcover
Complete Review and Sample Recipes
Pillsbury - Best of the Bake-Off Cookbook
by Pillsbury Company Staff
Here is the 50th Anniversary Edition. Hardback
The Silver Palate Cookbook
by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins
Pecan Pie was always too sweet for me, and I'm a life-long Southerner! I was relieved to find on page 302, in the Sweets section, the most wonderfully rich (but not too sweet) recipe for Pecan Pie. Paperback
Christmas with Southern Living 2002
by Southern Living
They publish wonderful cookbooks and this is one for your library. Not only will you find delectable recipes for the holidays but hints on how to present them for gift giving. Hardback
Southern Living 2002 Annual Recipes
by Southern Living
The Southern Living magazine was a staple in my grandmother's and in my mother's homes and I carried on the tradition. This cookbook has all of the recipes from the 2000 issues of the magazine. If you don't have access to the magazines or if you're like me, finally realized its impossible to keep every issue; get these annual books. Hardback
Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner
by Jill Conner Browne
A friend just told me that this is the book to get. She said she doesn't normally laugh out loud reading a book, but she did with this cookbook. It sounds like my kind of cooking, too. She said there weren't many recipes that didn't have at least 2 sticks of butter in them. I can't wait to get my copy. Paperback
The True History of Chocolate
by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
Beginning with the America's ancient civilizations, and their mythology, to modern day processing and consumption, you'll find it all in this book. Although, written in the slightly more formal academic fashion, the authors' passion for history, and, most importantly, for chocolate is quite evident. You'll enjoy, as I did, learning all about this wondrous food. Paperback.