Our popular cookie book is updated, with new cookie recipes in addition to the old favorites. Pappas has added a chapter on biscotti in response to the national interest in this twice-baked Italian specialty. Our international collection of more than 120 cookie recipes includes bar cookies; drop cookies; cutout cookies; refrigerator cookies; pressed and hand-shaped cookies; holiday cookies; biscotti; and specialty cookies, such as pizzelle and krumkake. a bit of history; and information about ingredients and techniques.
Food has been Lou Pappas's lifelong passion. She is the author of many cookbooks, including nine titles in the Artful Kitchen series-- Biscotti, Cheese, Cheesecake, Chutneys and Relishes, Cinnamon, Ginger, Holiday Feasts, Pesto, and Pizzette. Her many food, wine, and travel articles have appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers. A former newspaper food editor, Ms. Pappas lives in Palo Alto, California.