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Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook Momofuku Milk Bar: A Cookbook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,775 ratings — published 2011
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Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 3,778 ratings — published 2010
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The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments The Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 9,313 ratings — published 2007
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What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,653 ratings — published 2022
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Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 8,839 ratings — published 2020
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Sweet Sweet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 1,701 ratings — published 2017
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A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat (Library Binding)
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avg rating 3.98 — 2,519 ratings — published 2015
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 3,294 ratings — published 1987
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Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For (A Baking Book) Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For (A Baking Book)
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avg rating 4.60 — 493 ratings — published
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 5,477 ratings — published 2011
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The Cook's Encyclopedia of Cookies The Cook's Encyclopedia of Cookies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 20 ratings — published 2002
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Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings: A Baking Book Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings: A Baking Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,762 ratings — published 2020
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Pastry Love: A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes Pastry Love: A Baker's Journal of Favorite Recipes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 959 ratings — published 2019
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BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 3,375 ratings — published 2017
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Bon Appetit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful Bon Appetit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,224 ratings — published 2010
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Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 5,000 ratings — published 2010
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Peach Cobbler Murder (Hannah Swensen, #7) Peach Cobbler Murder (Hannah Swensen, #7)
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avg rating 3.92 — 20,701 ratings — published 2005
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The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 551 ratings — published 2013
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Sugar Rush: Master Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Sweet Baking Sugar Rush: Master Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Sweet Baking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 226 ratings — published 2014
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The Baking Bible: The Most Comprehensive Baking Book You'll Ever Need The Baking Bible: The Most Comprehensive Baking Book You'll Ever Need (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,220 ratings — published 2014
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Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes from Around the World Classic Home Desserts: A Treasury of Heirloom and Contemporary Recipes from Around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 251 ratings — published 1994
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Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 367 ratings — published 2003
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The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 1,011 ratings — published 2025
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Cookies: The Best Recipes for the Perfect Anytime Treat Cookies: The Best Recipes for the Perfect Anytime Treat (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 162 ratings — published
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Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously easy bakes for one to six people (Edd Kimber Baking Titles) Small Batch Cookies: Deliciously easy bakes for one to six people (Edd Kimber Baking Titles)
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avg rating 4.19 — 106 ratings — published
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The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The Essential Cookie Cookbook The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The Essential Cookie Cookbook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 2,105 ratings — published
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More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 187 ratings — published
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Hershey's Chocolate Lover's Cookbook Hershey's Chocolate Lover's Cookbook
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avg rating 4.32 — 97 ratings — published 1993
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One Tin Bakes: Sweet and simple traybakes, pies, bars and buns One Tin Bakes: Sweet and simple traybakes, pies, bars and buns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 347 ratings — published
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Cookies: The New Classics: A Baking Book Cookies: The New Classics: A Baking Book (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 287 ratings — published
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Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake [A Baking Book] Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake [A Baking Book] (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 390 ratings — published 2019
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The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 922 ratings — published 2013
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Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 2,789 ratings — published 2010
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All About Cake All About Cake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 707 ratings — published 2018
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The Taartwork Pies Cookbook: Grandmother's Recipe, Granddaughter's Remix The Taartwork Pies Cookbook: Grandmother's Recipe, Granddaughter's Remix (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 16 ratings — published
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The Secret Recipes The Secret Recipes (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 358 ratings — published 2014
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Toll House Heritage Cookbook: A Collection of Favorite Dessert Recipes Toll House Heritage Cookbook: A Collection of Favorite Dessert Recipes (Spiral-bound)
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avg rating 3.71 — 31 ratings — published 1980
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Food52 Genius Desserts: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Bake Food52 Genius Desserts: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Bake (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 385 ratings — published 2018
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Dorie's Cookies: The James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook with 300+ Cookie Recipes and Holiday Favorites Dorie's Cookies: The James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook with 300+ Cookie Recipes and Holiday Favorites (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 1,234 ratings — published 2016
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Sweets: A History of Candy Sweets: A History of Candy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.38 — 197 ratings — published 2002
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Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,424 ratings — published 2014
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30 Delicious Poke Cake Recipes 30 Delicious Poke Cake Recipes (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.92 — 217 ratings — published 2012
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“To me, nothing showed how much times had changed more than the disappearance of the charlotte au chocolat. (It still appeared at weddings and special events, but was no longer available on the regular menu.) This came about when my mother stopped baking the desserts herself and hired a procession of young pastry chefs. These pastry chefs had gone to culinary school, and apparently they didn't understand charlotte au chocolat. It was an old-fashioned dessert, whose beauty spoke for itself; it didn't need any frills. But the pastry chefs liked embellishing desserts with frills now: star-shaped cookies and chocolate cigarettes and spun sugar that looked like golden spiderwebs. Now, whenever I ordered dessert, I chose from clementine granita with red-wine-poached pears, almond cake trimmed with candied orange rind, or triple-crème cheesecakes, soft and dripping with huckleberry sauce. Charlotte au chocolat was gone.”
Charlotte Silver, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood

Kirsten Miller
“You were traveling through the bloodline and entering each of your ancestors' minds. You know things about all of us now."
Lily was right. Sibyl knew where Ivy kept the baking soda. She knew the family recipe for scones, which Sadie had brought over from Scotland. She remembered that Rose had been particularly fond of currant and cream scones, though she'd never seen her eat one.”
Kirsten Miller, The Women of Wild Hill

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