Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops

About this book

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 Pariss 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 Pariss 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 cakeslemon-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 clairs 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.