Icebox Cakes: Simply Irresistible No-Bake Desserts
Author: Lauren Chattman
In Icebox Cakes, Lauren Chattman proves once again that it is possible to make great-tasting and beautiful desserts without turning on your oven. In this book, chilling takes the place of baking, and pound cake, wafer cookies, and snack cakes replace traditional layer cakes in 50 surprisingly easy recipes for cheesecakes, terrines, ice cream cakes, and cupcakes. With recipes including Ginger and Caramel Ice Cream Cake, Cappuccino Crunch Cheesecake, and Devil Dog Mousse Cake, preparations are simple and the results are simply spectacular!
What People Are Saying
Nancy Baggett
For anyone interested in "baking" without actually baking, this book has lots of clever, very doable ideas. The author starts with stand-ins for scratch cakes and turns them into a handy, attractive collection of icebox desserts. (Nancy Baggett, author of The All-American Cookie Book and The All-American Dessert Book)
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Welcome to Michael's: Great Food, Great People, Great Party!: 85 Stellar Recipes from the Celebrated Michael's Restaurants
Author: Michael McCarty
Michael McCarty has played a major role in defining a uniquely modern American attitude to cooking, dining, and entertaining since 1979, when he opened his first acclaimed Michael's restaurant in Santa Monica, California. McCarty's approach, now enjoyed on both coasts with the opening of Michael's New York in 1989, has always been refreshingly simple: start with the best ingredients, cook them in simple ways that highlight their natural qualities, pair them with great wines, and serve them in a relaxed yet stylish setting. The result, in Michael's own words, should be a "Great Party," which this book makes possible for any home cook.
The irrepressible McCarty shares easy-to-cook recipes for the food he prepares in his own homes in Malibu and Manhattan as well as in his restaurants. Shown in beautiful full-color photographs that highlight their delicious simplicity, the dishes are accompanied by Michael's expert tips and hints for finding the best raw materials, cooking them effortlessly, serving them with the right wines – and always enjoying them with a sense of hospitality and fun.
Adding to the lively spirit of Welcome to Michael's are the voices of dozens of luminaries from the worlds of business, politics, cooking, entertainment, the arts, and the media – including Wolfgang Puck, Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, Tom Brokaw, Beverly Sills, Joan Rivers, Helen Gurley Brown, Ruth Reichl, and Jann Wenner – who share their own insightful, sometimes irreverent opinions about the Michael's experience. The result is a book to be savored on many levels: as a guide to cooking for yourself, your family, and your friends and to entertaining with style; as a primer on the rewarding relationship between food and wine; and as an experience that comes as close as words and pictures possibly can to enjoying a meal at one of Michael's restaurants, surrounded by the well-known people who dine there.
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