The ultimate French pastry and dessert cookbook, featuring 100 sumptuous, easy-to-master recipes, stunning full-color illustrations, and a breathtaking design that helps home cooks create the perfect dessert.

In this essential baking bible, patissiere Melanie Dupuis and molecular gastronomist Anne Cazor demystify the art of French baking for home cooks, giving them the tools, instructions, and recipes to create the most delicious and elaborate desserts.

Patisserie at Home begins with the fundamental base recipes for pastry dough (broken, puff, brioche, and more) and fillings (creams, custards, ganache, butters, mousses), techniques for mastering chocolate, and the art of transforming sugar. Then come the recipes--dozens of the most famous French pastries and desserts, from meringues to Madeleines, croissants to Chantilly cream, brioche to biscuits, as well as cakes, cookies, creams, and tarts. The authors provide a technical breakdown and unique graphic for each recipe, explaining the science of the composition and the technique, along with step-by-step photos and a large full-page image of the final dish.

Indulge you sweet tooth, impress guests, and wow your family--with Patisserie at Home, anyone can enjoy an irresistible taste of France

The Little Book of Chocolate: Cakes and Pastries will teach you the techniques needed to make your own chocolate treats at home.

From learning where chocolate comes from to how it is processed, as well as featuring over 15 chocolate cake and pastry recipes such as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Millionaire's Shortbread, Paris-Brest Cake, Millefeuilles and Pain au Chocolat, you will master key skills to help you become a better at working with chocolate.

This is a bite-sized masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover's dream.

This is a bite-sized masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover's dream.

The Little Book of Chocolate: Desserts will teach you the techniques needed to make your own chocolates at home. From learning where chocolate comes from to how it is processed, as well as featuring over 15 chocolate dessert recipes such as Chocolate Mousse, Milk Chocolate Pecan Pie, Opera Cake, and Macaron Dessert, you will master key skills to help you become a better at working with chocolate. This is a bite-sized masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover's dream.

The Little Book of Chocolate: Sweet Treats will teach you the techniques needed to make your own chocolates at home.

From tempering to moulding and glazing to making ganache, and featuring over 15 chocolate recipes such as Honey Ganache Dipped Chocolates, Moulded Gianduja Chocolates, Truffles, Chocolate Slabs and even a Chocolate Egg, you will perfect your chocolate skills with these fun, original treats to enjoy yourself or share with loved ones.

This is a bitesized masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover's dream.

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