Spagos No-Bake Cheesecake, more decadent than Chocolate Bread Pudding with Butterscotch Gelato, or more holiday-perfect than Triple Silken Pumpkin ...
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Jul 29, 2011
Catherine
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Sherry yard is the pastry chef that I have learned the most about pastry from--and she did not publish this book until I was well on my way down a baking path--she has a wonderful voice as an author and a great sene of what it is that people find hard to do when they do not do it for a living in the kitchen
Jun 07, 2011
Lynn
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It's a part autobiography and part recipe book. I like the simplicity of Yard's writings; they are explicit and detailed. Love the variety of the recipes, those of which are her very own creations. Would definitely attempt some of her recipes.
Aug 04, 2009
Jennifer
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Contains a lot of great desserts. So far I have made the no bake mini cheesecakes. Looking forward to making mango pudding. Some of the recipes are a little exotic, but I like a good challenge!
Jan 07, 2009
Heather
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Fig bars, banana creme brulee "pie", ring of Saturn peach "doughnuts", homemade Twix cookies, marshmallow bonsai tree, honey-glazed Spago corn bread.
Sep 01, 2011
Cecily
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Contains the absolute BEST cornbread recipe I've ever made. So good, it's almost a dessert.
May 28, 2008
Emily
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Wonderful, interesting cookbook with great, uncomplicated recipes (along with some more challenging ones if you are up for it...as yet, I have not been...) Author Sherry Yard is the pastry chef at Spago in Beverly Hills, and in this book shares her delicious memories of a food-filled life, using anecdotes to introduce the recipes. We see her journey from a childhood in Brooklyn to culinary adventures in the Rainbow Room, NoCal, SoCal, Vienna and even at the Academy Awards. Anyone who loves readi
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Jul 08, 2008
Tracy
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This is food porn. Some of it consists of gorgeous desserts you'll never bother to make. But it does have some good basics, and some gorgeous desserts you might actually bother to make, and some good ideas, like flan-style cheescake. Also has an interesting section on Austrian deserts.
Mar 25, 2008
Amy
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Interesting -- lots of great recipes, but you know you're over your head when the book considers "Creme Brulee" "The Basics"!
I do wish there had been more pictures.
I do wish there had been more pictures.
Nov 02, 2008
Ellen
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There are recipes in this book for Charlotte Russe, Italian Ices, Brooklyn Blackout CakeBlack-and-White Cookies, and Zeppoli, what more can I say.
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