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Pizza: A Slice Of Heaven: The Ultimate Pizza Guide And Companion   by Ed Levine
Pizza is the single most popular food in the world. In Pizza: A Slice of Heaven: The Ultimate Pizza Guide and Companion, Ed Levine and some of America's best writers and cartoonists set out to answer every cosmic question involving this beloved food: What and where is the Pizza Belt? How good can homemade pizza be? How does one go about judging pizza? Is there such a thing as a good frozen pizza? All these questions and more will be answered by Levine and Calvin Trillin, Ruth Reichl, Roy Blount, Jr. , Arthur Schwartz, Mario Batali, Jeffrey Steingarten, and Eric Asimov, among others, who tackle the profound questions and never-ending debates that invariably arise whenever the subject of pizza is brought up in polite company.

Paperback,  367 pp,  $36.95. Buy now

Teatime Cakes, Bakes and Preserves: Over 150 Recipes for Delicious Home-Made Treats, with More Than 450 Colour Photographs   by Martha Day
The book opens with an essential guide to cake-making and baking techniques, including pastry-making for tarts and bread yeast preparations. A special section covers preserving and jam making. Then follows a superb collection of over 150 recipes, spanning every corner of the globe, from Mediterranean Quiche and Thai Chicken Bites to Australian Hazelnut Pavlova and Mississippi Mud Pie. A special low-fat section provides fabulous teatime sensations that can be enjoyed every day, including scrumptious feasts with health-conscious ingredients.

Paperback,  320 pp,  $19.95. Buy now

Gluten Free French Desserts and Baked Goods  by Valerie Cupillard
Eliminating gluten from the average diet can be a tremendous challenge since wheat flour is an essential ingredient in most baked goods. This beautifully illustrated cookbook shows how rice, buckwheat, tapioca, amaranth, chestnuts, hazelnuts, coconut and many other foods can add richness, flavor, and texture to gluten-free baked goods. Recipes include breads, cakes, tarts, pies, crumbles, puddings, cookies, crepes, and creams. Most recipes have a full page color photo. - Chocolate cake imperial with quinoa flour - Lemon Brioche with millet semolina - Orange Zest Cake with rice flour

Paperback,  136 pp,  $34.95. Buy now

The Low-Carb Baking and Dessert Cookbook  by Ursula Solom
Offers more than 200 recipes for low-carb baked goods and desserts made without sugar or white flour quick breads, raised breads, muffins, cookies, bars, cakes, pies, puddings, souffles, custards, crepes, mousses, ice creams, and more, including over 45 gluten-free recipes. This book aims to satisfy cravings, while helping readers to slim down

Paperback,  304 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

Cooking with Convection  by Beatrice A. Ojakangas and Beatrice Ojakangas
If you own a convection oven, but don't really know how to use it, this book is for you. Beatrice Ojakangas, an authority on convection cooking and author of more than two dozen previous cookbooks, explains how to use your convection oven to achieve perfect results in dramatically less time than with a conventional oven. You will learn: *How to cook a whole meal in your oven- from meat to side dishes to dessert- all at the same time *How to cook multiple batches of cookies, cakes, and pies on three or even four oven shelves *How to roast and bake in a third less time than in a conventional oven while achieving even better results *How to calculate the correct temperature and timing for convection cooking if you are using a standar

Paperback,  272 pp,  $26.95. Buy now

Pie In the Sky  by Susan G. Purdy
A guide for successful baking in altitude-challenged regions offers specific guidelines on how to overcome atmospheric obstacles, sharing a host of tested recipes that can be customized for a variety of altitude needs. By the author of Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too. 25,000 first printing.

Hardback,  320 pp,  $41.95. Buy now

The Donut Book   by Sally Levitt Steinberg
If anybody knows donuts, it's Sally Levitt Steinberg, America's Donut Princess. As a member of a royal donut dynasty (her grandfather, Adolph Levitt, invented the donut-making machine), she knows more about this sweet indulgence than anyone else. The Donut Book is the product of Sally's great personal charm and life-long, in-depth donut scholarship. She covers high points in donut history: the arrival of the first donuts in America with the Dutch settlers in the 17th century, and the donut in World War I, when it became the favourite nosh of the boys in the trenches. She celebrates donut-loving celebrities, as well as some of the most gifted donut bakers on the planet.

Paperback,  192 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

Good Food: 101 Cakes and Bakes  by BBC Worldwide
Whether you're looking for a more-ish snack for tea, or that perfect cake for a special occasion, these imaginative and easy-to-make recipes are guaranteed to be simply scrumptious. From classics as Authentic Yorkshire Parkin and Shortbread, and the imaginative combinations of Raspberry and Blueberry Lime Drizzle Cake or Cranberry and Poppy Seed Muffins, to spectacular cakes such as Seriously Rich Chocolate Cake, there's plenty to keep your family and friends happy. The recipes are quick and easy to help even the busiest people enjoy delicious, fresh, home-cooked food. Each recipe is written with simple step-by-step instructions and is accompanied by a useful nutritional analysis and a full-colour photograph.

Paperback,  216 pp,  $16.95. Buy now

Home Baking  by Jeffrey Alford
For their new book, authors Jeffery Alford and Naomi Duguid travelled tens of thousands of miles, to six continents, in search of everyday gems like Taipei Coconut Buns, Welsh Cakes, Moroccan Biscotti, and Tibetan Overnight Skillet Breads. All the while they tested, tasted, interpreted, and recorded the stories behind them, capturing the moments in photography and prose. Then they brought them all back home and put them side by side with Naomi's grandmother's treacle tart, the cinnamon buns Jeffrey grew up with, and many more such treasures. The result is a collection of more than two hundred recipes that resonate with the joys and tastes of the everyday around the globe.

Hardback,  352 pp,  $69.95. Buy now

The City Tavern Baking and Dessert Cookbook  by Walter Staib
In this handsome sequel to the original "City Tavern Cookbook," Staib, the chef of America's earliest gourmet restaurant, focuses on the baked goods and sweets that must have pleased the signers of the Declaration of Independence as much as they delight modern palates

Hardback,  224 pp,  $49.95. Buy now

The Book of Roasting  by Jeanette Egan
This volume is a collection of more than 80 recipes for a range of tempting roasted dishes, from classic favourites like perfect roast chicken and rump roast with vegetables to mouth-watering new ideas such as nut and basil-crusted halibut or blueberry-filled fresh peaches

Hardback,  96 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

The Professional Pastry Chef  by Bo Friberg
This text brings up-to-date coverage of basic baking and pastry techniques to a new generation of pastry chefs and serious home bakers. It has been redesigned to meet the needs of today's pastry kitchen.

Hardback,  960 pp,  $84.95. Buy now

Whimsical Bakehouse  by Kaye Hansen
An illustrated guide to preparing an array of innovative cakes features offbeat designs that require no special equipment or complex procedures to create

Hardback,  160 pp,  $38.95. Buy now

Sweet Gratitude: Delicious Ways to Bake a Thank-You for the Really Important People in Your Life   by Judith C. Sutton
Nothing says "thank you" more simply or generously than the gift of something freshly baked from the oven. This cookbook contains more than 70 delectable and foolproof recipes for home-baked sweets.

Hardback,  112 pp,  $22.95. Buy now

Sweet Miniatures  by Flo Braker
Baking expert Flo Braker knows the best things come in small packages. Sweet Miniatures offers rich, all-new color photography, a whimsically appealing design, and step-by-step instructions for making all kinds of delectable desserts scaled down to an irresistible one-bite size. Miniature chewy Panforte di Siena, crispy Florentine Squares, and tangy Shreveshire Tarts will whisk family and friends away on an exciting mouthwatering journey. Little sweet somethings - Candied Almond Clusters, Golden Caramels, and Toffee Butter Crunch - make a thoughtful gift during the holidays. Sweet Miniatures has all the right ingredients for creating the perfect bite-size morsel to suit any occasion.

Paperback,  384 pp,  $32.95. Buy now

Nancy Silverton's Pastries from the La Brea Bakery  by Nancy Silverton
Presents more than 150 easy-to-prepare recipes for a wide range of desserts and treats, including an array of cakes, tarts, babka, brioche, croissants, puff pastry, cookies, cobblers, scones, and muffins.

Hardback,  403 pp,  $62.95. Buy now

Vegan Baking  by Linda Majzlik
This collection presents more than 100 brand-new recipes for cakes, loaves, biscuits, no-bake cakes, and savory baking--all free of animal products. Enjoy the strawberry and almond sponge or a spiced carrot and nut loaf, a plate of mincemeat muffins or pear and ginger oaties. When something savory is called for, why not go for the olive and oregano bread or the pepper and pesto buns. This is the third in a series of cookbooks for the increasing number of people who follow a meat-free and dairy-free diet.

,  96 pp,  $21.95. Buy now

The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook  by Jennifer Appel, Allysa Torey
Presents more than seventy-five recipes from The Magnolia Bakery in New York's Greenwich Village, including lemon icebox pie, sweet potato pie, and pear pecan cake.

Hardback,  127 pp,  $45.00. Buy now

Portable Baker  by Jean Spangenberg
This is a guide to outdoor baking devices, including Dutch ovens, the outback oven, and over 20 other inexpensive outdoor baking devices. There are also recipes for yeast and quick-bread delectables, including breads, biscuits, scones, coffee cakes, and s

Paperback,  176 pp,  $20.95. Buy now

A Little Irish Baking Book  by Marion Maxwell

Hardback,  60 pp,  $16.95. Buy now