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Title: Sweet Miniatures by Flo Braker, Michael Lamotte ISBN: 0811824462 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Things in Small Packages
Comment: I like this "little" baking book very much. It is an entire book dedicated to the magic art of petit-fours, or small, french, bite-sized bits of desserts and sweets. There are some books on the subject, mostly professional. However, here is a simple, easy to follow book ideal for the home baker to make these wonderful little things.
The author has been a successful caterer for many years. She knows what is easy to make, and are also very popular things that people just love. Here is a collection of those recipes that meet both requirements. It is a baking book you will probably use very often. Be warned, however, that these wonderful little gems are very labor intensive. You will be slaving over the proverbial hot stove for rather long perions of time per recipe. Multiply that by three or four recipes, and it all adds up to a very long time. Fortunately, the author supplies proven, time-saving organizational tips in the last chapter. I also note that her hints and suggestions for decoration can be skimpy at times; decorating things this small is not an easy task.
My complaints are mostly organizational. Several basics, like cake or crust recipes, are used in multiple recipes, but are buried in the middle of chapters or embedded in one particular recipe. These should always be the first recipe in the relevant chapter on their own, or given a separate chapter by themselves. Also helpful would be a cross reference chart, so that one glance will tell you how many different petit-fours you can make with the same basic cake or crust recipe. It does have some charts at the end, but these are not organized by the base recipe. There are some pictures, and each one tells you what page the recipe is on; however, the reverse is not true: a recipe may have a picture, but you won't know it unless you check the pictures each time.
Rating: 3
Summary: Pictures, please!
Comment: This cookbook would have been much better with more pictures. As it is, only a few appear in the center of the cookbook. It would also have been better with fewer cookie recipes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book!
Comment: As a collector of cookbooks and culinary instructor, I can say this is one of my favorite books. I recently made some of the recipes for a class: Dominoes and Polka Dots (the almond biscuit is outstanding!). This is one of the few miniature cookbooks I have found and a must for all pastry lovers.
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Title: Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious, Little Desserts by Gale Gand, Julia Moskin, Tim Turner ISBN: 0609608258 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 23 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: The Simple Art of Perfect Baking by Flo Braker, Kristee Kreitman ISBN: 0688025269 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: November, 1984 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime by Tish Boyle ISBN: 0471387916 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 18 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Perfect Cakes by Nick Malgieri ISBN: 0060198796 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
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Title: The Baker's Dozen Cookbook : Become a Better Baker with 135 Foolproof Recipes and Tried-and-True Techniques by The Baker's Dozen ISBN: 0060186283 Publisher: Morrow Cookbooks Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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