Cookbooks, cooking reads, and books about food
Baked goods such as chocolate cupcakes and apple pie bring to mind family favorites and sweet treats. Is it possible to bake desserts like these without refined sugar? According to Martin, choosing natural foods, like buying fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers or using …
Kim Laidlaw’s Home Baked Comfort has fast become a favorite read. Not only does she provide tips, and lists her favorite kitchen tools, all the recipes are enhanced with gorgeous photography by Eric Wolfinger. Read the full review on Pastry Sampler’s blog. Renee Shelton
Sweet Macarons by Mercotte If you are tackling macaroons for the first time, Sweet Macaroons will lead you to by the hand with good, basic recipes. If you are doing them for the hundredth time, Sweet Macaroons will inspire you to try new flavors. …
The Sweets of Araby by Muna Salloum and Leila Salloum Elias I was eager to open the cover of the book as soon as I received it. The Sweets of Araby is a beautifully illustrated pastry book interwoven with 25 tales of Scheherazade followed by …