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About the Author
Anita Chu, dessert aficionado, has a passion for all things pastry. A graduate of Tante Marie's Professional Pastry program and a former baker for Bittersweet Chocolate Cafe, she now channels her love of baking, writing, and photography into her award-winning website Dessert First (www.dessertfirst.typepad.com). She lives in San Francisco. Adam McAlpine Clark is a professional baker, writer, and visual artist living and working in Philadelphia.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic book about cookies...
El libro me parece fantástico, tiene una grandísima variedad de recetas, trucos y consejos. Ideal para principiantes o para tener un buen compendio de recetas.

Snap Out of Your Baking Rut
It may only be October, but I believe I've found the perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season. The pocket sized cookbook A Field Guide to Cookies by Anita Chu promises to assist you in learning how to identify and bake virtually every cookie imaginable. She isn't kidding either. The author offers up recipes in all the major cookie categories including drop, bar, molded, and rolled.

Each recipe is neatly outlined with a general description of the treat, the historical background, serving suggestions, helpful baking notes, and even storage tips. Best of all, located in the center of the book are color images of every recipe. This is especially helpful due to the number of recipes inside that I've never heard of before. Have you ever made a Financier? How about a Speculass or a Congo Bar? Sometimes I find it hard to break out of my chocolate chip cookie comfort zone, but I sincerely believe this cookbook will nudge any home cook out of the baking rut you may be experiencing.

Terrific cookie book
I love the size and shape of this book.
There are so many cookies, some I have never heard of and I'm a pastry chef! And there is a beautiful color photo of each cookie.
This is an outstanding reference guide to cookies.