- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Cookbooks (Aug 23 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060197862
- ISBN-13: 978-0060197865
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 19.3 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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#853,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #32 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Diets & Weight Loss > Special Conditions > Lactose-Free
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Born in Vienna, later arriving in the U.S. as a WWII refugee from Italy, Schechter was imbued with European baking traditions and determined to reproduce the flavors of her childhood when she opened her first New York bakery in 1982. The question was: could she, as a kosher cook, concoct pareve (made without milk) Linzer Cookies, Sacher Torte, Genoise with "Buttercream" and Hamantaschen without butter, cream, milk or sour cream? Her Continental specialties as well as her all-American Brownies, Carrot Cake and Lattice-Top Apple Pie fly off the shelves at her Manhattan bakery-cafe. What are her secrets for rich-tasting, nondairy loaf cakes, layer cakes, pies and tarts, cookies and Passover specialties? After much testing, she recommends unsalted kosher margarine (which makes a luscious chocolate mousse), vanilla soy milk (for a smooth and spicy Pumpkin Pie ) and powdered coffee "creamer" (in Strawberry Tea Bread and Rugelach). Pareve bakers should be delighted with the results, and Schechter's 90-plus recipes will also please vegans and the lactose intolerant. Instructions are clear and user-friendly, except for the more complicated cakes when one must search different chapters for the components of a recipe. With her creative reworking of many old favorites, Schechter does, indeed, prove that pareve baking can be "delicious and elegant." 16-page color insert not seen by PW.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
As all its loyal fans will tell you, there is only one place to go in New York City for great pareve desserts: Doris Schechter's My Most Favorite Dessert Company. For more than twenty years, Doris has provided her customers with delectable cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, and muffins -- proving that dairy-free desserts can be delicious.
With this book, Doris shares the secrets of her renowned pareve baking, offering more than ninety recipes that can be made easily in any home kitchen. Forget the disappointing pareve cakes and cookies you may have endured in the past: these are rich, indulgent desserts worthy of even the most special celebrations. From an old-fashioned Apple Cake to a sophisticated Velvet Chocolate Cake to traditional holiday favorites (including an entire chapter on Passover baking), Doris provides recipes you'll love to bake, serve, and enjoy year after year. Illustrated with sixteen pages of lush color photos, My Most Favorite Dessert Company Cookbook will tantalize, tempt, and teach kosher bakers and sweets-lovers alike.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing,
By Carol (Teaneck, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Most Favorite Dessert Company Cookbook: Delicious Pareve Baking Recipes (Hardcover)
I agree with the other reviewers. The recipes don't work. Unfortunately, I didn't read the reviews before I bought the book. I tried the Hamantashan recipe - twice. The dough is nothing but a sticky mess. Refrigerating overnight does nothing but result in a cold sticky mess. It can't be worked with and it's a waste of ingredients and time. Obviously, there is something wrong with the recipe. A suggestion to the author - try it yourself, try working all the recipes yourself using the book. Presumably they worked for you originally. Something has gone wrong in publication.
1.0 out of 5 stars
My Most Favorite Dessert Company,
By A Customer
This review is from: My Most Favorite Dessert Company Cookbook: Delicious Pareve Baking Recipes (Hardcover)
I had such high hopes. I was very disappointed--especially since there is such a need for kosher pareve recipes. The vanilla cake was gummy. The Rich pie dough is missing a whole cup of flour-so beware if you make it. It will not turn out right. I am sure the bakery is wonderful but the cookbook itself is lacking--and seeing other reviews of this book confirms this.However I will say the pumpkin pie filling was good--even if the crust around it was not.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very, very disappointed,
By T2D (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Most Favorite Dessert Company Cookbook: Delicious Pareve Baking Recipes (Hardcover)
Try recipes: orange cake, chocolate chip cookies, lemon meringue and lemon bars, brownie, and sugar cookies. None turns out good (the author indicates that they are the best and the favorite). I feel like something missing in the recipes. I tried some recipes twice just to make sure but got same result. NOT recommend this book to anyone.
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