Eric Kayser

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#109

Although the photos are marvelous (they really are), I did not really like this book: Cookbooks are instruction manuals and should be easy to see, read, & follow: The recipe title is large not too fancy a font, in French, but it is in gray; beneath that there is the English translation medium sans serif font in black. Beneath the title is the number of servings and below that in a small gray font is the preparation time & cooking time.

Nearly invisible in a smaller gray font is they type of baking pan to use. Going back to the small gray font in all caps is the list of parts of the item; dough, filling, glaze, etc.

Could this be worse? Oh hootie yeah: The ingredients for each part of the pastry are not in a descending list . but separated . by . dots . in. between. each. one (only more highly placed). Now is that annoying as pfffft or what?

I cant read them because they are small, gray, & not in a descending list, but run together.

The instructions are also in a small font, but they are black and w/ serif, which makes them visible.

The book is divided up into: Contents, Foreword, Essential tips, Recipes, & Index

Recipe sections as well as the recipe titles are (in French but translated) and they include but not limited to:

Les Gateaux de Tours les Jours: Cake a la pistache et aux griottes; Cake au citron confit; Cake coco-rum; Cheesecake; Gateau basque; et Kugelhopf

Les Biscuits: Madelines; Fianciers au the vert; Tui'es au cintron; Diamants nature; & Langues-de-chat

Les Tartes: Pate Sablee; Tarte du citron meringue; Tarte monge; Tarte tatin; & Tarte au cafe et au chocolat

Les Fameuse Pate a Choux: Pate a choux; paris-brest; Eclairs pistache er framboises; & Saint Honore

Les Incontournables: Pate euilletee; Creme patissiere; Mille feuille; Opera; & Fraisier

Les Macarons: Macarons; Macarons au cintron et a la mente; Macarons a la framboise et au citron vert; & Macarons a la pistache

Les Gauteaux de Fetes: Buche au cafe; Buche foret noire; Galette des Rois; & Nid de plaques

Les Gauteaux sans Gluten: Cake a la pistache san gluten; Cookies au chocolat et graines de sesame sans gluten; & Moelleux au chocolat sans gluten

Don't spend the money, unless you're one of those people who collect new fancy cookbooks by well known chefs.... Go to the Library & borrow it… (more)