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Bon Appétit Desserts

" A collection of Bon Appetit's most treasured dessert recipes, thoroughly tested . . . beautifully illustrated, and, of course, wonderfully delicious." (Dorie Greenspan, James Beard award winning chef and author of Baking: From My Home to Yours) For more than fifty years, Bon Appetit magazine has been seducing readers with to-die-for desserts. From quick homestyle cookies to unforgettable special-occasion finales such as spiced chocolate torte wrapped in chocolate ribbons, Bon Appetit showcases meticulously tested recipes that turn out perfectly—every time. Now, culled from Bon Appetit's extensive archives and including never-before-published recipes, Bon Appetit Desserts promises to be the comprehensive guide to all things sweet and wonderful. Authored by Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild, Bon Appetit Desserts features more than 600 recipes—from layer cakes to coffee cakes, tortes and cupcakes to pies, tarts, candies, puddings, souffles, ice cream, cookies, holiday desserts, and much, much more. Certain to inspire both experienced home cooks and those just starting out in the kitchen, each recipe is designed to ensure the dessert preparation process is as enjoyable as the finished result. "Beautiful . . . If you were stranded on a desert island with one dessert book . . . ." – Publishers Weekly " Bon Appetit Desserts is filled with exactly the kind of sweets I like to make: inviting, unpretentious, and easy to love, but also innovative enough to turn a few heads . . . .With chapters on ingredients, equipment, and techniques, plus a slew of tips from the Bon Appetit test kitchens, it's also a mini-education." —Molly Wizenberg, James Beard award-winning author of A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table "This is a must-have for every baker, cook, and sweet freak in your life." —Elizabeth Falkner, chef and owner of Citizen Cake and Orson

The Flavors of Bon Appetit

The earthy, sun-kissed flavors of Mediterranean cooking. The trendsetting tastes of East-West fusion food. The comforting familiarity of vintage Americana favorites. The delicate, fragrant appeal of Pan-Asian dishes. You'll find them all here in this, the fifth-anniversary edition of The Flavors of Bon Appetit. Pull out your culinary passport and ready yourself for a journey that will take you through all of the most important, most delicious trends and tastes of the year, in more than 200 exciting, easy-to-make recipes. Using this beautiful book as a guide, travel with the editors of Bon Appetit Magazine as they explore the luscious cooking of the Italian countryside and other regions bordering the Mediterranean. Stop along the way to enjoy Spinach Gnocchi with Fontina Cheese (light potato dumplings topped with melted cheese), Risotto with Radicchio (the classic, creamy rice dish flecked with peppery radicchio) and Grilled Game Hen with Moroccan Spices. From the exotic, distant lands of Asia come recipes that cook up quickly and easily, among them Coconut-Lime Shrimp with Peanut Sauce (a terrific appetizer) and Lamb Tikka with Crispy Onions (yogurt-and-ginger-marinated chunks of lamb and broiled red onion rounds, ready in under 30 minutes). with the more experimental cooking in the West, the results, as revealed in these pages, are tasty and trendsetting. By way of example, don't miss the Roasted Red Curry Chicken with Apple Jus or Pineapple-Coconut Tuiles with Mascarpone Cream. When you're ready to make your way home, there are the delicious American classics waiting for you--but rediscovered and reinterpreted in fresh and appealing new ways, among them Butternut Squashand Corn Chowder and Pear and Raspberry Cobbler with Buttermilk Biscuits. And if you've overindulged during your travels, try any of the many healthful dishes here, including Peppered Beef Slices with Green Onions and Radishes and Low-Fat Cassoulet with Turkey Sausage. There's a world of good eating waiting for you in the pages that follow, along with postcard-perfect photography; menus that make the party; sidebars packed with as much information as the recipes have flavor; step-by-step photographs that, like the best guidebooks, really show you the way; plus do-ahead information and technique tips to make it all easy. Join us for a trip well worth taking. Bon Appetit is America's most famous food and entertaining magazine, with a circulation of more than one million.

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