Pastry & Bakery

French Desserts

The creator of French Comfort Food shares her adoration for wickedly sweet treats with plans drawn from over France's provincial culinary conventions.

In French Desserts, Hillary Davis praises her preferred French desserts and treats, highlighting fortes from Gascony, Alsace, the Ardennes, and past. Zeroing in on the genial solace food that French individuals make in their own kitchens, the book incorporates the two plans for handy solutions and those with longer planning occasions. You will discover cakes, treats, tarts, confections, verrines, puff baked goods, waffles, crepes, and the sky is the limit from there.

Plans incorporate Giant Break-and-Share Cookie, Fresh Orange Crepes Suzette, Chocolate on Chocolate Tart with Raspberries, Chocolate Soufflé, Tart Lime and Yogurt Loaf Cake with Sugared Lime Drizzle, and Peach Melba with Muddled Vanilla Ice Cream.

About the Author

Hillary Davis is a the author of Le French Oven, French Comfort Food, Cuisine Niçoiose, and the critically acclaimed A Million A Minute. She is a freelance food writer, cooking instructor, and creator of the popular food blog, Marche Dimanche. She is a long time food columnist and restaurant critic for New Hampshire Magazine and her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, French Entree, Connecticut Home Living, Hartford Magazine, Tastes of New England, CelebrationNH, ParisLuxe.com, Bonjour Paris, and other regional, national, and international publications. She has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including Bloomberg Business News, B Sky B Television News in London, CNBC, BBC radio, WMUR-TV, WBK-Radio, and other local stations in the U.S. She has been a food and travel lecturer on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity cruise lines. As a food authority, she is a frequent judge of cooking competitions and a speaker at food and blogging events.

So love Hillary Davis cookbooks. I own so many cookbooks and I am Very fussy about who I add to my collection. I love Hillary's expertise and food wisdom. I consider her on par with Ina Gardner, The Barefoot Contessa. So when I saw she was doing a French Dessert book I anxiously waited. She does not disappoint! Every thing I've made has been exquisite! I love her sharing about her life in France and stories about the recipes! European desserts are not generally as sweet as traditional American desserts and I like that! I also love how she has sectionalized the book. --Violet

I could not be more pleased with this gem of a cookbook! In fact, I liked it so much I felt I needed to review it in my blog. after making one of Hillary's delicious Homey Cakes, a Zucchini Walnut Lemon Loaf that everyone loved. If you'd like to see my full review, here is the link. --S. Newton