Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth [Hardcover]

Jill O'Connor (Author), Leigh Beisch (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 13, 2007

Chocolate Caramel-Pecan Souffl Cake . . . Cinnamon-Donut Bread Pudding . . . Double-Crumble Hot Apple Pies . . . Giant Coconut Cream Puffs . . . Here's a collection of desserts that gives more than 75 sticky, chewy, messy, gooey reasons to stock up on napkins. In addition to each sugary favorite, the author has included simple techniques and tools to help home cooks recreate each decadent treasure again and again. Sprinkled throughout are tips on using phyllo dough, toasting nuts, and making a heavenly ganache, so every over-the-top treat tastes as irresistible as it sounds. For the serious sweet tooth, pour a tall glass of milk and get ready to bite into all that's Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The recipe, from Jill O'Connor's lusciously photographed Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth (Chronicle), balances cool coffee ice cream with the warming flavors of rum and Kahlua, making this gooey treat appropriate for all kinds of weather." Imbibe, March/April 08 Issue

About the Author

Graduate of the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in London, Jill O'Connor has authored Phyllo, Easter Treats, and Simple French Desserts. She lives in Coronado, California.

Leigh Beisch is a San Francisco-based photographer. Her work has appeared in Irish Puddings and Gentlemen, Start Your Ovens.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081185566X
• ISBN-13: 978-0811855662
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a pastry chef, food writer and author of six cook books including Sweet Nothings, Phyllo, Easter Treats, Simple French Desserts, and my two latest books, Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey and Sticky, Chewy Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids (Chronicle Books.) Along with writing cook books, I have developed recipes for Bon Appetit, Better Homes and Gardens, House Beautiful and Rodale Press. I am a member of IACP, and the San Diego chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International. In 2007 I won the prestigious Greenbrier Award for excellence in food writing from the Greenbrier Symposium for Professional Food Writers. My cook book, Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth, was recently named one of the top 25 cook books of the year by Food & Wine magazine, and was featured in their book Best of the Best (Food & Wine's compilation of recipes from their favorite 25 cook books of the year. I currently live in beautiful Coronado, CA with my husband Jim, and two sweet daughters Olivia and Sophia.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my!, August 7, 2007

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Donna Corbin (Johnstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth (Hardcover)

The recipes in this book are awesome! They aren't your typical dessert recipes, well it would be better to say they might be your typical desserts but kicked up a couple dozen notches! As you look through the cookbook you can do nothing but say "oh that sounds good, I wanna make that" or "yum" or any other phrases along those lines. I made the Hawaiian Caramel corn this weekend and it received rave reviews! Everyone LOVED it!

The author also does a very good job of explaining all the differences between ingredients, all the equipment you might need, and also says what things you want to use. In the introduction she also goes into detail on what brands of ingredients she used and there is even an appendix listing different places you can find these brands.

So if you like to make desserts that are to die for, you absolutely should get this book! I've only made the one thing so far, but the recipes don't seem to be overly complex or anything. They are relatively simple to make and very easy to understand the directions.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands Down The Best Dessert Book Ever Written!, September 12, 2007

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R. High (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth (Hardcover)

So far I have tried three of the recipes and each one has exceeded my expectations. The author does a great job of making world class desserts attainable by the average home chef wanna be like myself. The recipes are straight forward, easy to follow, yet the result is a rich sophisticated dessert that tastes like you purchased it from a bakery. I served the brownies this past weekend and every guest asked for the recipe. I highly recommend this book.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, luscious treasure chest of you-can-cook-this desserts!, September 11, 2007

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Nancie S. Mcdermott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth (Hardcover)

This book is a feast in every way. Gorgeous photographs, charming design (little ribbons and bows and sweet-shop-goodies galore); all of which keep me turning the pages, and trying to narrow my list of recipes to make next. Ms. O'Connor writes wonderfully; her prose is by turns hilarious, useful, interesting, moving, and fun to read, and her recipes and instructions and explanations give me a recipe box of sweet treats that I know I can actually make with great results. I love to bake, and know my basics, but she opens doors for me in this book. She "translates" the professional pastry kitchen (a foreign and intimidating land to me) such that I am able to create fabulous (and sometimes ambitious) treats for my family, company, bake sales, potlucks --- maybe I could even open my own bakery......
Nah, too much work. I'll just keep on reading and baking and stirring and saucing my way through this gem of a dessert book, purely for the pleasure of doing so.
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