Classic Home Desserts : A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes

More a story of the pleasures of real dessert-making than anything yet written.M.F.K. Fisher

Saxs versions are justifiably legendary among accomplished bakers: Traditional Two-Berry Buckle Chocolate Cloud Cake Bon Tons New Orleans Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce Reubens Legendary Apple Pancake Best-Ever Pumpkin Pie Schraffts Hot Fudge Sauce. Sidebars with every recipeprofiles of cooks, engaging recollections of favorite desserts, quotations from hundreds of literary works, and excerpts from old recipesshow how sweets are indelibly woven into the texture of our lives.