Williams-Sonoma Savoring Desserts

by Georganne Brennan

Book Overview

Both a gastronomic travelogue and a collection of more than 125 recipes, Savoring Desserts captures the rich dessert traditions of America, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. You'll discover a bounty of unforgettable finales, from elegant French fruit tarts, crunchy Italian biscotti, and silky Spanish custards to lotus-filled Chinese dumplings, Mexican almond cakes, saffron-scented Indian sweets, and all-American pies. Savoring Desserts celebrates the many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0848731255
• ISBN13: 9780848731250
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxmoor House
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.2" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 17 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 12 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Savoring old desserts?

I was very excited to see that they were publishing new books in the Savoring series, since I own most all the others. From previous experience with these books I found Williams Sonama had done a wonderful job, with vibrant and gorgeous pictures and wonderful discriptions of food. But not only that, they had within each book information about the various cultures of cooking and food from each area. With the Savoring Desserts book, it was a bit strange. No specific type of cooking, just all rolled into one. Sadly I found many of the same recipes I already had in the previous books, including some of the same pictures of the dishes. Although there were some new ones, if you have the full collection like I do, you really don't need this book. With that said, if you don't have the Savouring collection, then this is a wonderful cookbook. It has great information, more photos than any other book I know of and a great bounty of different types of meat recipes. A good addition to any collection of cookbooks.