Maida Heatter's Best Dessert Book Ever [Hardcover]

Maida Heatter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 19, 1990

Covering the whole range of dessert possibilities, the recipes in her newest cookbook have only one thing in common: sweet-tooth appeal. Features Heatter's instructive asides and 95 line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Can this really be her best book ever? Better than Great Chocolate Desserts ( LJ 9/15/80)? Better than Great American Desserts ( LJ 9/15/85)? It doesn't matter, for Heatter is back with more helpful tips and tricks, her familiar reassuring tone, and a wide variety of delicious new desserts. There are addictive chocolate creations, "light, lighter, and lightest" cakes, lots of cookies, fresh fruit combinations, ice creams, and more. An essential purchase. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5/1/90.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Covering the whole range of dessert possibilities, the recipes in her newest cookbook have only one thing in common: sweet-tooth appeal. Features Heatter's instructive asides and 95 line drawings.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (September 19, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394578325
• ISBN-13: 978-0394578323
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,166,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Maida Heatter, a.k.a. "the Queen of Desserts," is the author of nine classic dessert cookbooks, including the New York Times best-seller and James Beard Award-winning Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts. She is a member of the James Beard Foundation Hall of Fame, has been named to Cook's Magazine's Who's Who in Cooking, and was one of the first people inducted into the Chocolatier Hall of Fame. She continues to bake joyfully from her home in Florida.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite out of the 3 Maida Heatter books I own., December 18, 2002

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hairpin (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maida Heatter's Best Dessert Book Ever (Hardcover)

This is the first book I bought from Maida Heatter, and the one I keep coming back to. This really is a compilation of her best. Of everything I have made here (almost everything in the book I have tried), I only disliked one or two recipies. Her other books... Cakes and the New Cookie book, have a much worse ratio. If you ever want to have just one dessert book this will be the one to own. Start with the chocolate cake chapter, and you will never want to give this book up.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars maybe it's me, August 6, 2001

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glouise (Upstate New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maida Heatter's Best Dessert Book Ever (Hardcover)

Let me begin with the fact that many people I know "love" this book. I on the other hand do not. I have tried atleast 4 recipes all of which did not turn out the way they were suppposed to (after so many tries I place the book on a shelf and it can stay there). There are very nice discriptions throughtout the book and a nice dialogue but neither helped me or my frustrations. I am an accomplished baker and have never had the types of problems with recipes that I have had with this book. I would not say don't buy it as others have had great success with it. What I would recommend is to see if your library has it, try a few recipes and then decided if you can't live without it, before you buy it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Dessert Book Ever, January 1, 2012

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This review is from: Maida Heatter's Best Dessert Book Ever (Hardcover)

Really happy with the book. Arrived in good condition and I like the recipes. Just wish there were pictures. But there isn't always in the older books.