Greenspan, Dorie

"The . . . author of thirteen cookbooks and winner of five James Beard and two IACP awards offers a collection that celebrates the sweet, the savory, and the simple. Every recipe is . . . easy. . . and accessible, made with everyday ingredients. You'll find . . . [some] twists like Berry biscuits, Footlong cheese sticks made with cream puff dough, Apple pie with browned butter spiced like warm mulled cider, and S'mores ice cream cake with velvety chocolate sauce, salty peanuts, and toasted marshmallows. And there are 'Sweethearts' throughout, mini collections of [the author's] . . . favorites. Don't miss the meringue Little marvels or the Double-decker caramel cake. They lend themselves to being remade, refashioned, and riffed on"--Provided by publisher.

Food columnist Dorie Greenspan shares recipes for the informal food she makes for her husband and friends at home.

Over the course of her baking career, Dorie Greenspan has created more than 300 cookie recipes. Yet she has never written a book about them--until now. To merit her "three purple stars of approval," every cookie had to be so special that it begged to be made again and again. Cookies for every taste and occasion are here. There are company treats like Portofignos, with chocolate dough and port-soaked figs, and.

Dorie captures all of the excitement of french cooking today, with disarmingly simple dishes gathered over years of living in France.

A companion volume to the PBS series hosted by Julia Child presents more than 250 recipes for baked goods including simple white breads, muffins, pastry, chocolate creations, and a wedding cake.