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"These are the desserts made at home by mothers and grandmothers rather than by professional pastry chefs," wrote author and master chef Richard Sax. "Those included are only the best in each category—the things you can bring to your table with confidence, knowing they will be eaten to the last crumb."
If you could have only one baking book, this might be the one to pick. It’s not just that my very own grandmother’s recipe for crumb cake is in this book (Richard kindly called it Quintessential Crumb Cake). There are 349 other recipes here that could keep you busy in the kitchen for years, trying them all, repeating your favorites, and perhaps tucking your own family recipes into the back. Richard Sax would like that. This talented cook, who suffered an untimely death a few years ago, had the gift of appreciation for real food made by real people and presented with love. Here is a tiny sampling of the treasury of recipes in the book.
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