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Bon Appétit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful
by Barbara Fairchild
ISBN-10: 0740793527
ISBN-13: 9780740793523
ISBN-13: 9780740793523
Region: USA
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date: November, 2010
Publishers Information
About Bon Appétit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful
Publisher Web Link: http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/
For more than 50 years, Bon Appetit magazine has been seducing readers with to-die-for desserts. From quick homestyle cookies to unforgettable special-occasion finales such as spiced chocolate torte wrapped in chocolate ribbons, Bon Appetit showcases meticulously tested recipes that turn out perfectly—every time. Now, culled from Bon Appetit’s extensive archives and including never-before-published recipes, Bon Appetit Desserts promises to be the comprehensive guide to all things sweet and wonderful.
Authored by Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Barbara Fairchild, Bon Appetit Desserts features more than 600 recipes—from layer cakes to coffee cakes, tortes and cupcakes to pies, tarts, candies, puddings, souffles, ice cream, cookies, holiday desserts, and much, much more. Certain to inspire both experienced home cooks and those just starting out in the kitchen, each recipe is designed to ensure the dessert preparation process is as enjoyable as the finished result.
Bon Appetit Desserts is destined to be the definitive, comprehensive, invaluable dessert resource. (http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/)
Author Information
About Barbara Fairchild
Author Web Link: http://www.bonappetit.com/
Barbara Fairchild joined Bon Appétit in 1978 as an editorial assistant, and after rising through the ranks, was promoted to Editor-in-Chief in June 2000.
A prominent leader in the epicurean world, Ms. Fairchild was inducted into the James Beard Foundation’s “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage” in May 2000. She is a member of over a dozen professional organizations (including the American Society of Magazine Editors) and devotes time to charities such as the Jonsson Cancer Center at UCLA, Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, the Los Angeles Library Council, and the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Ms. Fairchild has also had a long association with The James Beard Foundation. Frequent television appearances include NBC’s Today Show and Dateline NBC, CNN, Food Network (Iron Chef America, The Next Food Network Star, and America’s Top Restaurants, among others), Fine Living Network and A&E’s Biography.
During Ms. Fairchild’s tenure as Editor-in-Chief, Bon Appétit has been honored with three James Beard Awards, two VisitBritain Travel Writing Awards, aVisitScotland Travel Journalism Award and the Society of American Travel Writers’ Lowell Thomas Award for Outstanding Travel Writing. The highly successful “The Bon Appétit Cookbook,” released in the fall of 2006, was named one of the top books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com.
Barbara Fairchild divides her time between the Bon Appétit offices in New York and Los Angeles, where the magazine’s editorial staff is based. (http://www.bonappetit.com/)
