This is a list of books and resources that I go to often when creating my desserts. I think it’s really important to acknowledge those who have worked so hard to create such wonderful books and who give me some much needed inspiration. Amazon offers a carousel widget to feature your favorite books. And while I like and use Amazon… a lot… (I purchase many books through them and have a wishlist growing there!); they wanted to charge me a handling fee if no one purchased a book from my carousel! Nothing against Amazon, but I’m not here to promote them. I’d rather promote the authors of these awesome cookbooks! And so I decided that in appreciation for the many wonderful authors whose books I refer to and enjoy so much….. I am going to slowly incorporate a featured cookbook in a widget on my home page. So please look there to see those books that I have reviewed so far. Also, the color highlighted titles here have been reviewed and you will find them on the side widget of my blog. And here they are, hopefully in alphabetical order by title . . . . .
BAKING & DESSERT COOKBOOKS
A Passion for Baking…..Marcy Goldman
A Year of Pies…..Ashley English
Baked Elements…..Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito
Baked Explorations…..Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito
Baking…..James Peterson
Baking Basics…..Betty Crocker
Baking Basics…..Kitchen Aid
Baking, Food Made Fast…..Williams Sonoma
Baking Out Loud…..Hedy Goldsmith
Baking With Julia…..Dorie Greenspan
Best Ever Book of Cupcakes & Muffins…..Carol Pastor
Best of the Bake Off Cookies & Bars…..Pillsbury
Best of the Bake Off Desserts…..Pillsbury
Betty Crocker’s Cookie Book…..Betty Crocker
Biscotti…..Mona Talbott & Mirella Misenti
Bite Size Desserts…..Carole Bloom
Book of Baking…..Isidora Popovic
Bon Appetit Desserts…..Barbara Fairchild
Celebrating Cobblers and Pies…..Avner Laskin
Chocolate…..Love Food
Chocolates & Confections…..The Culinary Institute of America
Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé…..Dorie Greenspan
Christmas Cookies…..Avenel Press
Cookies…..Sally Sampson
Cooking with Apples & Pears…..Laura Washburn
Cupcake Heaven…..Susannah Blake
Cupcakes…..Shelly Kaldunski
Cupcakes…..Martha Stewart
Cupcakes, Cookies & Coffee Cakes…..Love Food
Cupcakes, Cupcakes, & more Cupcakes…..Lilach German
Cutie Pies…..Dani Cone
Deep Dark Chocolate…..Sara Perry with Jane Zwinger
Desserts…..Love Food
Desserts…..Urban Demsar
Desserts by the Yard…..Sherry Yard
Dolci…..Francine Segan
Dolce Italiano…..Gina DePalma
Easy Chocolate…..Love Food
Easy Desserts…..Ryland,Peters & Small
Flour…..Joanne Chang
Hershey’s Chocolate Treasury…..Golden Press
Icebox Cakes…..Lauren Chattman
Intensely Chocolate…..Carole Bloom
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home…..Jeni Britton Bauer
Just Mini Desserts…..Robert Zollweg
Luscious Berry Desserts…..Lori Longbotham
Luscious Lemon Desserts…..Lori Longbotham
Macarons…..Annie Rigg
Macaroons…..Love Food
Mad About Macarons…..Jill Colona
Miette…..Meg Ray with Leslie Jonath
Mini Desserts…..The Budget Bistro
No-Fat Low-Fat Desserts…..Simona Hill
Perfect Pops…..Charity Ferreira
Pies & Tarts…..Martha Stewart
Pizza…..Brigit Binns
Puddings, Custards & Flans…..Linda Zimmerman
Pure Vanilla…..Shauna Sever
Real Chocolate…..Chantal Coady
Rose’s Heavenly Cakes…..Rose Levy Beranbaum
Salty Sweets…..Christie Matheson
Sarabeth’s Bakery…..Sarabeth Levine
Savory Baking…..Mary Cech
Scoop…..Ellen Brown
Simply Chocolate…..Southern Living
Simply Great Breads…..Daniel Leader with Lauren Chattman
Southern Living Best Loved Cookies…..Oxmoor House
Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey…..Jill O’Connor
Sugar Baby…..Gesine Bullock-Prado
Sweet Scoops…..Shelly Kaldunski
Tartine…..Elisabeth Prueitt & Chad Robertson
The All American Cookie Book…..Nancy Baggett
The Art & Soul of Baking…..Cindy Mushet (Sur La Table)
The Art of French Baking…..Ginette Mathiot
The Art of the Cookie…..Shelly Kaldunski
The Art of the Dessert…..Ann Amernick with Margie Litman
The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook…..Cheryl Day & Griffith Day
The Boozy Baker…..Lucy Baker
The Bread Bible…..Beth Hensperger
The Craft of Baking…..Karen DeMasco & Mindy Fox
The Essential Baking Cookbook…..Bay Books
The Happy Baker…..Erin Bolger
The Ultimate Cookie Book…..Crestline
The Weekend Baker…..Abigail Johnson Dodge
Vintage Cakes…..Julie Richardson
Whoopie Pies…..Sarah Billingsley and Amy Treadwell
World Breads…..Paul Gayler
80 Easy Dessert Recipes…..Netsim
100 Great Breads…..Paul Hollywood
167 Pudding Recipes…..A. Douglas
TRADITIONAL COOKBOOKS
American Country Cooking…..Mary Emmerling
America’s Best Lost Recipes…..America’s Test Kitchen
At My Grandmother’s Knee…..Faye Porte
Complete Low Fat Cooking…..Carol Batemean
Cooking Off the Clock…..Elizabeth Faulkner
Cooking School Italian…..Love Food
Cooking Through the Years…..Shirley Gill
Dinner at Home…..Martha Stewart
Dolce Vita…..David Rocco
Eat What You Love…..Marlene Koch
Entertaining with Booze…..Ryan Jennings & David Steele
Fresh From The Farmer’s Market…..Janet Fletcher
Garlic: Garlic Recipes by Leading Chefs from Around the World…..Periplus
Gourmet’s Parties…..Gourmet
Great American Food…..Charlie Palmer
Great Good Food…..Julee Rosso
Heart of the Artichoke…..David Tanis
Holiday Cookbook…..Time Life
Italian Immigrant Cooking…..Elodia Rigante
Kitchen Sense…..Mitchell Davis
New Flavors for Appetizers…..Williams Sonoma
Open House Cookbook…..Sarah Leah Chase
Perfect One Dish Dinners…..Pam Anderson
Salad Days…..Christopher Idones
Slow Cooker Recipes…..Publications International
Spices of Life…..Nina Simonds
Sunday Suppers at Lucques…..Suzanne Goin
Tapas…..Paragon Publishing
Texas Table…..Larry Ross
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook…..Ina Garten
The Best of Food Blogs Cookbook…..Foodista
The Flavors of Bon Appetit…..2001
The Flavors of Bon Appetit…..2002
The Gourmet Cookbook…..Ruth Reichl
The Heritage of Southern Cooking…..Camille Glen
The Joy of Cooking…..Irma Rombauer
The New Basics Cookbook…..Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins
The New York Times Bread & Soup Cookbook…..Yvonne Young Tarr
The Red Hat Society Cookbook…..Sue Ellen Cooper
The Silver Palate Cookbook…..Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins
The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook…..Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins
The Washington Cookbook
Tomato…..Lawrence Davis-Hollander
Two’s Company…..Bev Bennett
Wild Women in the Kitchen…..The Wild Women Association
ALCOHOL & BARTENDING
Cocktails 2007…..Food & Wine
Cocktails 2011…..Food & Wine
Entertaining with Booze…..Ryan Jennings and David Steele
Sharp Shooters…..David Biggs
The Martini Book…..Sally Ann Berk
The Silver Book of Cocktails…McRae Books
101 Sangrias & Pitcher Drinks
150 Classic Cocktails…Hamlyn
FOOD STYLING, WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY
Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers…..Matt Armendariz
Food Photography, From Snapshots to Great Shots…..Nicole S. Young
Plate to Pixel…..Hélène Dujardin
Will Write for Food…..Dianne Jacob
I also love to consult these publications: Fine Cooking, Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Food and Wine, La Cucina Italiana, Tastes of Italia, The Food Network Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Donna Hay, The Washington Post food section.
