Williams-Sonoma Food Made Fast: Desserts (Food Made Fast) (Hardcover)

~ Elinor Klivans (Author) "Put a large scoop of gelato or ice cream into 4 individual bowls..." (more)
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Product Description

Four new, exciting titles build upon the vastly popular, collectible Food Made Fast series from Williams-Sonoma (Desserts, Simple Suppers, Small Plates, & Vegetarian). Featuring delicious food that is simply prepared, each book is designed for today's busy but taste-conscious cook. Welcome solutions make it easy to plan ahead and cook healthy, home-cooked meals in as little as 20 to 30 minutes, so your family can enjoy great-tasting dishes every day of the week, and you can enjoy more time with your family.

Food Made Fast Desserts shows you how to treat your family and friends to a simple yet elegant finale to a meal. Discover tempting desserts for any occasion that can be both satisfying and effortless all at once. Elinor Klivans is an award-winning pastry chef. She is the author of several cookbooks and a co-author of Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Baking.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; First Edition edition (October 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848731433
• ISBN-13: 978-0848731434
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,478 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An impressive diversity of recipes, March 2, 2008

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Featuring an impressive diversity of recipes by award-winning pastry chef and cookbook author Elinor Klivans, "Food made Fast: Desserts" is a compilation of fabulous, elegant, sophisticated, but thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' delicacies that would crown any meal, celebrate any occasion, please any palate, and satisfy any appetite. Each of these desserts is beautifully illustrated with the full-color photography of Jeff Tuck and Kevin Hossler. The individual desserts are organized into three main sections: 30 Minutes Start to Finish; 15 Minutes Hands on Time; and Make More to Store. They range from an Italian Affrogato; Pears Poached in White Wine; Chocolate Mocha Mousse; and Plum Sorbet; to a Lemon Pudding Cake; Blueberry Streusel Galette; Hot Fudge Parfaits; and a Chocolate Icebox Cake. Of special note are the occasional 'Cook's Tips' sidebars; 'The Smarter Cook' commentary; and 'The Well-Stocked Kitchen' advisory. Published under the general editorship of Williams-Sonoma founder Chuck Williams, "Food Made Fast: Desserts" is highly recommended for community library cookbook collections in general, and the personal reference collections for time-stressed family chefs in particular!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tasty recipes of many favorites, great pictures, July 7, 2009

By	A. Ayubi (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I fully admit that I am one of those people that get inspired to bake or cook something based on the pictures, so it's nice to see a beautiful shot of each recipe in this book.
There is a nice variety of baking favorites and I'll be baking my way through this one :)
There are a couple of things that I felt were sort of sloppily done, which is why I didn't rate it a 5* (e.g. some page numbers in the index are incorrect and there is no recipe for the beautiful berry galette on the front cover - I assume it's meant to show an alternate version of the blueberry streusel galette on page 77, it's just not mentioned anywhere...)
I made the lemon tart with rasperries and it was delicious..the crust came out perfect and it was easy to make. The caramelized bananas with coconut are next!