Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop [Hardcover]

However, I think that the cookbook provides some beautiful recipes, once they are corrected!

From Chronicle Books directly, the errors are as follows:

On Page 48, in the recipe for Butter Cake, the sugar measurement should read "1 cup (7 ounces) sugar."

On Page 55, in the recipe for Double Chocolate Cake, the sugar measurement should read "2 ' cups (16 ounces) sugar."

On Page 72, in the recipe for Chocolate Chiffon Cake, the flour measurement should read "' cup (4 ounces) flour."

On Page 77, in the recipe for Yellow Cupcakes, the sugar measurement should read "1 1/3 cups (9.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 92, in the recipe for Lemon Tea Cake, the flour measurement should read "2 ' cups (12.5 ounces) flour."

On Page 94, in the recipe for Honey Tea Cake, the flour measurement should read 2 2/3 cups (13 ounces) flour" and the sugar measurement should read 1 1/2 cups (10.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 96, in the recipe for Banana Bread with Nutty Streusel: The sugar called for in the ingredient list under the Nutty Streusel heading should be "1/4 cup (2 ounces) brown sugar." In the ingredient list under the Banana Bread heading, the sugar measurement should read "1 1/2 cups (10.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 105, in the recipe for Pate Sucree Tart Shell, the flour measurement should read "3 1/3 cups (16.5 ounces) flour."

On Page 128, in the recipe for Thumbprint Cookies, the sugar measurement should read "1/2 cup (3.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 130, in the recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies, the sugar measurement should read 1 1/3 cups (9.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 133, in the recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies, the sugar measurement should read 1/2 cup (3.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 137, the yield for Lemon Shortbread Cookies should be "24 cookies."

On Page 138, the yield for Walnut Shortbread Cookies should be "42 cookies."

On Page 153, in the recipe for Brownies, the flour measurement should read "1 cup (5 ounces) flour" and the sugar measurement should read "2 1/2 cups (17.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 156, in the recipe for Crème Fraiche Scones, the flour measurement should read 3 ' cups (17.5 ounces) flour" and the sugar measurement should read "1/2 cup (3.5 ounces) sugar."

On Page 167, in the recipe for Fleur de Sel Caramels: The amount of fleur de sel should be "1/4 teaspoon fleur de sel for sprinkling."

On Page 185, in the recipe for Vanilla Buttercream: Step 2 should end "until soft peaks form." Step 3 should read, "When the sugar syrup reaches 248 degrees F, immediately pour into a heat-proof measurer. Reduce speed to low and very carefully drizzle the syrup into the mixer bowl, away from the whisk so the hot syrup doesn't spatter. ..."

On Page 188, in the recipe for French Buttercream, Step 3 should read "As soon as the sugar syrup reaches 238 degrees F, immediately pour into a heat-proof measurer."

As almost everyone has pointed out - this book contains plenty of errors... this in my opinion makes a book pretty useless for baking as nothing will turn out as it should. Before trying any recipes, I decided to search on amazon.com as there are generally more reviews on that site and found that everyone who purchase the erroneous copy will be receiving a corrected copy. Well, I got mine as a gift, took 6 weeks to receive and I got a little card with the correction sheet (still plenty of mistakes).

This was clearly very disappointing as an updated copy should have been released in October (and mine came October 7th). This morning I decided to call Amazon customer service and had them tell me that the .com and .ca website are two separate website and that the only thing I could do is return the book. I want this book, but corrected! How can amazon justify that shoppers of .com receive a corrected book, while shoppers of .ca just have to deal with it?! To make matters worse, we even pay more on .ca even though our dollar was worth over a year!

First of all, I can't possibly understand how a book can be printed with so many errors but what makes me even more frustrated is that amazon will only take care of its American customers. Very disappointing. I usually love amazon... recommend it to everyone and shop regularly on .com and .ca. My only option now is to return to .ca and repurchase on .com (go to the states to pick up the order) and that is just a pain. I will consider shopping elsewhere if this is the kind of service amazon.ca is going to offer.

As much as I admire Meg Ray, an entirely self-taught and immensely successful pastry chef and, as enticing as her desserts sound, a baking book containing 18 careless errors turns every recipe into a frustrating guessing game.

Granted, "Miette" is beautiful; scalloped edges and gorgeous photos make it a pleasure to peruse. Ray presents a nice variety of recipes ranging from cakes to cookies to candy to basics (frostings, curds etc). Also refreshing is her use of a small scale; most cakes measure 7 inches and cookie doughs yield a dozen or two.

What a shame that the editors and publishers have done such a disservice to the book. A list of errata is online ([...]) and, hopefully, a second edition of the book will come out mistake-free. Until then, do NOT add 1/4 cup of fleur de sel to the caramels; 1/4 teaspoon will suffice!