Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition

The prize-winning author of Baking with Julia (more than 350,000 copies sold), among other cookbook classics, celebrates the sweet life with recipes and lore from Paris's finest patisseries.Like most lovers of pastry and Paris, Dorie Greenspan has always marveled at the jewel-like creations displayed in bakery windows throughout the City of Light. Now, in a charmingly illustrated tribute to the capital of sweets, Greenspan presents a splendid assortment of recipes from Paris's foremost pastry chefs in a book that is as transporting to read as it is easy to use. From classic recipes, some centuries old, to updated innovations, Paris Sweets provides a sumptuous guide to creating cookies, from the fabled madeleine to simple, ultra-buttery sables; tarts, from the famous Tatin, which began its life as an upside-down error, to a delightful strawberry tart embellished with homemade strawberry marshmallows; and a glorious range of cakes--lemon-drenched "weekend cake," fudge cake, and the show-stopping Opera. Paris Sweets brims with assorted temptations that even a novice can prepare, such as coffee eclairs, rum-soaked babas, and meringue puffs. Evocative portraits of the pastry shops and chefs, as well as information on authentic French ingredients, make this a truly comprehensive tour. An elegant gift for Francophiles, armchair travelers, bakers of all skill levels, and certainly for oneself, Paris Sweets brings home a taste of enchantment.From the Hardcover edition.

Details

• Title Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops
• Author Dorie Greenspan
• Binding Hardcover
• Edition number 1st
• Edition 1
• Pages 224
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York
• Date November 12, 2002
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9780767906814 / 0767906810
• Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
• Dimensions 9.45 x 8.34 x 0.75 in (24.00 x 21.18 x 1.91 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Desserts, Cookbooks
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001008538
• Dewey Decimal Code 641.86