One flip through Greenspan's collection of recipes for pancakes, crepes, and blintzes will inspire readers to prepare hearty breakfasts, weeknight suppers, company dinners, and savory snacks. From Bacon Cornmeal Softies to Puffed Pear Pancakes to Choco-Banana Crepes, these 85 recipes are simple, fast, and foolproof.
Called 'a culinary guru' by The New York Times, Dorie Greenspan is the award-winning author of nine cookbooks, a special correspondent for Bon Appetit magazine and a frequent guest on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and Splendid Table. Her cookbooks include the bestseller, Baking with Julia, the book that accompanied Julia Child's PBS series; Desserts by Pierre Herme, which was named Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP); Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme; Paris Sweets, Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops; and, most recently, Baking: From My Home to Yours, which Amazon.com named as one of the top 50 books and one of the top 10 cookbooks of 2006. The book won a James Beard Foundation Award in 2007, the same year Dorie was inducted into the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America.
Dorie's next book, Around the French Table, will be published in 2010.
Dorie lives in New York City; Westbrook, Connecticut; and Paris. You can read about her food adventures in these and other places at www.doriegreenspan.com.
