Sorbets and Granitas: Icy Delights, Cookies and Sauces from Duane Park Cafe [Paperback]

Joy S. Hamburger (Author), Mimi Shanley Taft (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898159024
• ISBN-13: 978-0898159028
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,989,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Icy Delights, July 16, 2003

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jerry i h (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sorbets and Granitas: Icy Delights, Cookies and Sauces from Duane Park Cafe (Paperback)

In lower Manhattan, one will find Duane Park Cafe. This happy little book contains nothing but recipes for sorbets (which must be made in an ice cream machine) and granitas (which can be made in a home freezer) from this cafe. I have never been there, but I am glad to have their recipes for these icy, fruity, delightful treats (especially the coffee/chocolate one).

Basically, these things are nothing more than fruit juice/puree, sugar, ice, and maybe a bit of flavoring (liqueur, vanilla, etc.). They have no fat, although they are rather caloric due to the sugar.

There are 15 sorbet recipes, 14 for granitas, 11 for matching sauces, 10 for matching cookies, and 3 garnishes. It is a classic example of single subject cookbook that covers its subject extremely well; it is quite unique, as I do not know of another one that is exclusively devoted this subject.

The granita and sauce recipes I tried were all very good. I cannot tell you about sorbet, because I do not have an ice cream machine. Some of the granitas are a little too sweet for me, so I had to cut back the sugar a couple of times. The section that reviews ice cream machines is too brief. The sabayon recipes are not the traditional, but ones containing whipped cream; they are rich and delicious, but also very high in calories and fat. One of author's names is misspelled on page 9.