Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book

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In her first cookbook, Bon Appetit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . In her first cookbook, Bon Appetit and YouTube star of the show Gourmet Makes offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes. IACP AWARD WINNER . NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review . Bon Appetit . NPR . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Salon . Epicurious "There are no 'just cooks' out there, only bakers who haven't yet been converted. I am a dessert person, and we are all dessert people."-Claire Saffitz Claire Saffitz is a baking hero for a new generation. In Dessert Person, fans will find Claire's signature spin on sweet and savory recipes like Babkallah (a babka-Challah mashup), Apple and Concord Grape Crumble Pie, Strawberry-Cornmeal Layer Cake, Crispy Mushroom Galette, and Malted Forever Brownies. She outlines the problems and solutions for each recipe-like what to do if your pie dough for Sour Cherry Pie cracks (patch it with dough or a quiche flour paste!)-as well as practical do's and don'ts, skill level, prep and bake time, step-by-step photography, and foundational know-how. With her trademark warmth and superpower ability to explain anything baking related, Claire is ready to make everyone a dessert person.

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This is a wonderful book for experienced bakersthere are plenty of surprises and challengesand an ideal one for beginners. Look at the Recipe Matrix, choose an easy recipe that doesnt take much time, follow Claires directions, and chalk up your first win. If youre not already a dessert person, Claire will make you one.Dorie Greenspan,author of Dories Cookies and Everyday Dorie

Claire Saffitz is a skillful and imaginative baker with a knack for writing beautiful recipes. Her gorgeous book will unleash the inner dessert person in a novice and inspire those who know their way around a pastry kitchen. It certainly has a place on my shelf.Claudia Fleming, chef and author of The Last Course

Ive always been a fan of Claires work at Bon Apptit, and I am most definitely a dessert person, so this book really appeals to me. Her recipes all have modern twists of flavor, but at their core they are the familiar bakes we always want to get into the kitchen for.Claire Ptak, Violet Cakes director

"Claires easier take on the French galette des rois will win over those who want to make one with less fuss, and have more fun doing it. If anyone can turn you into a dessert person, its Claire. Youll want to make everything in this book, as I do.David Lebovitz,author My Paris Kitchen and Drinking French

If you know Claire (and how could you not), gourmet Doritos and Skittles may come to mind, but shes got so much more up her flour-dusted sleeve. From the subtle flavors of a pear and chestnut cake to miso-spiked buttermilk biscuits, Dessert Person is Claires personal dissertation on baking.Stella Parks, author of BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts

As a lover of all-things-dessert, I instantly identified the same in Clairea sister in search for creative, delicious ingredients rooted in classic baking technique. She has that rare combination of creative generosity crossed with baking-professor that the very best authors can convey in a book, and it will make this one a classic.Elisabeth Prueitt,founder, Tartine

Dessert is last in a meal but first in many peoples hearts. It also, beneath the sweetness, requires a sophisticated mix of time management, architectural thinking, visual seduction, and unexpected restraint. As these recipes prove, Claire Saffitz has all of that, and more.Questlove

Does any chef have a more reassuring and trustworthy voice than Claire Saffitz Equal parts tireless, hyper-organized technician and empathic cheerleader, Claire presents one of the most convincing arguments I've ever read for diving into the world of baking. If anybody can fell the wall that divides home cooks and home bakers, it's Claire, with her thoroughly modern yet classically elegant desserts.Natasha Pickowicz, Pastry Chef

Exceptional . . . This should become a go-to reference for any home baker.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Author Bio

Claire Saffitz is the host of Bon Appetit's Gourmet Makes and Baking School, both on YouTube and iTunes, and contributes stories and recipes to the print magazine. After graduating from Harvard University, Saffitz received a master's degree in culinary history from McGill in Montreal and then studied pastry in Paris at cole Gregoire Ferrandi. She lives in New York City.