Desserts

by Michel Roux, Martin Brigdale (Photographer)

A comprehensive and gorgeous desserts cookbook from acclaimed chef Michel Roux

In "Desserts, " the author of the widely acclaimed cookbooks "Eggs" and "Pastry" returns with an exhaustive collection of sweet delights, from simple mousses and biscuits to advanced petit fours and homemade chocolates. Three-star Michelin chef Michel Roux is one of the world's most respected chefs and in "Desserts" he focuses his ability and flare on everyone's favorite course.

The book includes classic dessert recipes as well as modern reinterpretations, all with clear and easy-to-follow instructions. For more complicated techniques, helpful step-by-step photos ensure that even inexperienced home cooks and bakers achieve delicious results. Author Michel Roux has won countless culinary honors and is the author of the cookbooks "Eggs, Pastry, " and "Sauces"The book is packed with 150 gorgeous full-color photographs

For anyone who wants to bake desserts as good as those that come out of professional kitchens, "Desserts" offers sweet inspiration.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 1994

About the author

Michel Roux, OBE (19 April 1941 – 11 March 2020) was a French chef and restaurateur working in Britain.

Along with his brother Albert, he opened Le Gavroche, which subsequently became the first three Michelin starred restaurant in Britain and The Waterside Inn, which was the first restaurant outside France to hold three stars for 25 years.

Chef Michel Roux Jr. is his nephew.