It’s almost ready!
Coming this Fall is the new, completely revised edition of Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes.
[It’s now available for preorder ==> Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and at the links below.]
When my publisher told me they wanted a new edition of the book, I decided to revise the book completely, from top to bottom. Ready for Dessert is a compilation of my favorite recipes, so I knew that I wanted to keep my signature Chocolate chip cookiesthe Chocolate-cherry biscotti accented with black pepper, and classic Black & white cookiesalong with everyone’s favorite, the Fresh ginger cakeas well as a tangy Lemon Semifreddoand the recipe for the Coconut layer cake I made for Alice Waters’ father on his birthday every year.
To sweeten the pot, I added brand-new recipes to Ready for Dessertfavorites culled from my kitchen in Paris, including Floating island (inspired by the version I always order at a favorite local bistro), a very special Milk rice (rice pudding) topped with crunchy, candied nuts and salted butter caramel sauce, buttery Breton pucks cookies, and my version of the iconic, and irresistible (truly!), Maple tart from Tapestry in Paris, the pastry shop of the highly-regarded restaurant Septime, so you can make it at home.
Award-winning photographer Ed Andersonwho photographed my books, My Paris Kitchen, Drinking Frenchand The Perfect Scoopreturned to Paris to shoot the pictures for the book, in my kitchen and backyard, as well as out-and-about in the city. Another bonus was that I got to work with two of my favorite food stylists, Elisabet der Nederlanden and George Dolese. We had a blast shopping in Paris for ingredients, and making the recipes in my kitchen, then eating them as well.
When the food stylists end up devouring your recipes during a photo shoot, that’s the highest compliment a cookbook author can have. They bake and cook food all day long, so are picky about what they eat. (And boy, did they eat!) I also invited friends to come by and join us, so you’ll find guests shots in the book as well.
The all-new edition of Ready for Dessert will be available September 30th, and is now available for pre-order at your local independent bookseller and online.
Below are some bookstores and online retailers where you can pre-order the book:
| Amazon | Bookshop.org | Now Serving | Barnes & Noble | Omnivore | Book Larder | Kitchen Arts & Letters | Bold Fork | Books are Magic | Amazon France | Powell’s
| RJ Julia | Strand | Smith & Son Paris | Amazon UK | Archestratus | Politics and Prose | Vivienne Culinary Books | Book Passage | Elliot Bay | Village Books | East End Books | Indigo Canada | Amazon Australia |
To be one of the first people to get a copy, pre-order your book today!