The whoopie pie book

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Millicent Souris

"You want to make pie, but are petrified of the crust. How can I get it to roll out and stretch over mounds of fruit? Will it tear, flake, burn, break, and disintegrate beneath my fingers? What about the filling: how do I get my custards to set, my blueberries to jell, and my meringues lofty and perfectly browned?Consider your questions answered and your fears alleviated. Millicent Souris, pie mistress and kitchen muse, teaches you the skills and techniques you need to master the art of making pie - skillfully, flawlessly, and deliciously. How to Build a Better Pie includes detailed information on everything from kitchen know-how to using the best ingredients. You'll find illustrated preparation techniques for fruit fillings, custards, mousses, creams, meringues, and more, along with crust recipes and techniques including chilling, rolling, shaping"--

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François Payard with Anne E. McBride

A collection of one hundred favorite cookie recipes from pastry chef François Payard, including macarons, tea cakes, madeleines, spritz cookies, walnut cookie bars, cannelés, pignoli cookies, and meringue kisses.

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Joe LoCicero

Create wedding, shower, holiday, and festive kids' cakes Easy at-home instruction for making and decorating fabulous cakes Want to make beautiful cakes? This fun, instructive guide gives you simple techniques for creating cakes for all celebrations. You get expert advice in all the basics -- from baking to icing to decorating with style. You'll also find delicious foolproof recipes, great ideas for themed cakes, and savvy tips for starting a cake decorating business! Discover how to: Find ingredients and supplies Make a cake from scratch Use frostings and fillings Cut and serve a cake Troubleshoot cake catastrophes Master creative techniques

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Duff Goldman and Willie Goldman

When Duff Goldman, Food Network's "Ace of Cakes," envisioned Charm City Cakes in Baltimore nearly a decade ago, his goal was to make wonderful cakes for friends and family. As word spread, his dream grew into a nationally renowned business staffed by a team of talented professionals, including musicians, artists, and creative souls with experience in architectural modeling, graphic design, performance art, dog walking, sculpture, painting, and more. This scrapbook is a celebration of the bakery that started it all, loaded with stories about Duff's early days as a graffiti artist turned young chef, his successes and hilarious disasters, and the amazing team he built step-by-step. Then, Duff shows off some of the bakery's more unusual techniques and tools that shape their famous creations, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at his Food Network show. Includes episode guide.--From publisher description.