Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 641.865 EAN: 9780688105396 ISBN: 0688105394 Label: William Morrow & Company Manufacturer: William Morrow & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 354 Publication Date: 1991-06 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Studio: William Morrow & Company
Award-winning author and acclaimed baking expert Flo Braker knows the best things come in small packages. Now this acclaimed author is back with a revised and expanded edition of her beloved Sweet Miniatures. Winner of the IACP Single-Subject Cookbook Award, Sweet Miniatures offers rich, all-new color photography, a whimsically appealing design, and step-by-step instructions for making all kinds of delectable desserts scaled down to an irresistible one-bite size. Miniature chewy Panforte di Siena, crispy Florentine Squares, and tangy Shreveshire Tarts will whisk family and friends away on an exciting mouthwatering journey. Little sweet somethings-Candied Almond Clusters, Golden Caramels, and Toffee Butter Crunch-make a thoughtful gift during the holidays. From cheerful Chocolate Hedgehogs to a set of Midas Cups for adding that golden touch to a festive soiree, Sweet Miniatures has all the right ingredients for creating the perfect bite-size morsel to suit any occasion.
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Customer Rating: Summary: Ausie Baker Comment: You can see this is a lady that knows her stuff. I can recommend this book wholeheartedly. In today's market where everything is about doing something quickly, this is about doing something properly. I have learnt more from this book than 50 others. If you want to make little babycakes. you have to own it. Customer Rating: Summary: Christmas Desserts Comment: Book covered the subject indicated in the index section on my preview before placing the order. However, I still cannot find in this book or any others purchased or reviewed a receipe for my grand-mother's Italian "cookies" or pastry she always prepared for her grandchildren during the Christmas Holidays. I know that it contained figs, currants, raisons and either pecans or walnuts all ground-up and inserted into a pastry shell like ravioli or cannoli before baked, then frosted. I and my sisters all remember eating the pastry but no one could find a receipe for this in all her kitchen belongs after she passed away. She always called it "cuccithaida"....but we guessed on the spelling of that Italian name she called that "cookie" when she served them. We are all Italian-Americans born and raised in the U.S., but our father did not know anything about his mother's cooking; just liked to eat the sweets too!
Maybe someone in Amazon can locate this better than me. All of my ancestry came from Sicily when they immigrated to the US back in the early 1900s. Customer Rating: Summary: Highly recommended! Comment: This is one of my favorite dessert books! The desserts not only look beautiful but are always the first to be "gobbled" up by my family and friends!
Recipes are instructional and easy to follow making the most intimidating tasks easy and practically effortless. I wish that it had a few more photographs, but it does have photos of the more popular dishes.
I have found myself purchasing this book over and over for friends and family who enjoy baking. If you enjoy baking desserts, this book is a must for your kitchen! Customer Rating: Summary: Looks good on the outside Comment: I bought this book because I love making miniature foods. My major problem with this book is that on the inside there are only a few color photos and the rest of the book is pretty dull to look at. The recipes seem okay but just the dull look of the pages make it pretty hard to get inspired to try any of these recipes. I recommend just finding it at a library and not spending any money on it. I have a book called "Finger Food" by Katharine Gasparini. It has more savory recipes but there is a section for sweets. This book is also fully photographed. Customer Rating: Summary: Photos!! Photos!! Photos!!! Comment: The book is OK, the recipes seem to be good (I haven't tried any yet), but there's a lack of photographs...
I think they are very important for cook books!!
I have a lot of experience in the kitchen, even so it's hard to picture something in your mind if you have never seen it before... lol
Since the cakes, cookies and so on are miniatures, it would be a lot easier to make them knowing the final result (the image, I mean).
