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Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year

Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year


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About the Book

As a specialised form of potluck, a cookie swap has all the same traits that make a potluck so effortless to host. Guests share in the baking and cost burden by bringing their favourite recipes. "Cookie Swap" takes the popular idea of the cookie exchange party to new heights and new directions. The cookie swap is perfectly suited not only to holiday gatherings but also to garden parties, showers, children's birthdays, summer get-togethers, and more. With dozens of decorating and invitation ideas, 58 delectable recipes, mouthwatering photos, and tips on hosting the best swap possible, this book is sure to get readers' creative juices flowing in bringing together friends through the generosity of food and spirit.

About the Author :
Julia M. Usher is a celebrated pastry chef and food writer who has designed extraordinary desserts for such magazines as Chocolatier, Better Homes and Gardens, Bon Appetit, and Modern Bride, and such books as Vera Wang on Weddings and For the Love of Food. Usher is a former Contributing Editor at Chocolatier magazine, a James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards finalist, and a Director of the Itnernational Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). She divides her time between St. Louis, Missouri and Stonington, Maine.

Review :
A cookie is one of life's most precious, delicious gifts. Swapping them with friends is all the better. Julia Usher's gorgeous and doable ideas inspire us not only to trade cookies at holiday time but the whole year through. Filled to the brim with mouthwatering recipes and delectable photographs, Cookie Swap is a sweet treat to savor and celebrate.>--Nancy Wall Hopkins"Better Homes & Gardens" (05/12/2009) Julia Usher is one smart cookie . . . and luckily, we can now all be invited to her Cookie Swap! Her new book has it all: complete basics for beginners, everything a home baker needs to perfect the simple art of "something out of nearly nothing," and imaginative creativity for pros. Well-tested recipes are reliable, fun, and scrumptious; photos are enticing; and party ideas are both practical and budget conscious. Essential for all bakers, this excellent guide to year-round cookie swap parties is a winner.>--Susan G Purdy"author of Pie in the Sky" (05/12/2009) Julia Usher's over-the-top cookies and detailed, theme-inspired swaps promise joyful sharing and sweet memories for year-round entertaining.>--Flo Braker"author of Baking for All Occasions, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, and Sweet Miniatures" (05/12/2009) Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist.--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009) "Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist." Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited --Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009) "No wonder Usher - who grew up to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University, earned an MBA from Stanford University and at 47 is an accomplished pastry chef and cookbook writer - is intent on drawing folks back to the kitchen. She knows, firsthand, the heart-filled connection that's sparked there. And she has just the ticket to get us all baking the honest-to-goodness way." --Barbara Mahany"Chicago Tribune" (12/03/2009) This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired. -- Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book --Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009) "Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist." Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009) This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired. -- Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009) "No wonder Usher - who grew up to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University, earned an MBA from Stanford University and at 47 is an accomplished pastry chef and cookbook writer - is intent on drawing folks back to the kitchen. She knows, firsthand, the heart-filled connection that's sparked there. And she has just the ticket to get us all baking the honest-to-goodness way." --Barbara Mahany"Chicago Tribune" (12/03/2009) This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired.(formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book --Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781423603788
  • Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 794 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1423603788
  • Publisher Date: 15 Aug 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year
  • Width: 235 mm


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