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The Sweet Life: Desserts from Chanterelle

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By FabulousFoods.com

Posted August 30th, 2007

The Sweet Life: Desserts from Chanterelle
Author: Kate Zuckerman ASIN: 0821257447 Binding: Hardcover Number of Pages: 224 Review Date: August 30th, 2007 Publisher: Kate Zuckerman, 2006 Price: $35.00

Review:

What I like best about this book is not all the spectacular desserts created by pastry chef extraordinaire Kate Zuckerman of New York City's famed Chanterelle, although to be sure there are many fabulous recipes here that you are bound to turn to over and over again. But even better are all the explanations of what actually occurs during the process of making the desserts. You see, Kate Zuckerman not only teaches you what to do to make great desserts, she teaches you why. Which will make you a better cook/baker all around.

While you prepare desserts that will wow guests, you will be simultaneously picking up what Kate calls ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œthe basicsÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â -- the chemical reactions that take place when ingredients interact. If you cook your way through the book you will become a near expert at making gourmet tarts, cakes, cookies, soufflÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â©s, candies, frozen treats and more.

The desserts themselves are an eclectic mix that embrace fresh ingredients and innovative flavor layerings and combinations that draw upon Zuckerman's globetrotting culinary travels and her extensive experience as a four-star pastry chef in Boston, San Francisco, and New York. Full color photos throughout show many of the recipes in their glory.

Chapters include: Tarts; Cakes; Cookies; Custards, Puddings, Cremes and Mousses; Souffles; Ice Creams, Sorbets and Frozen Desserts; Roasted Fruits and Fruit Soups; Chocolates and Candies; Edible Garnishes and Snacks; Sauces and Creamy Accompaniments.

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