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Cook the Book: 'Baking, From My Home to Yours'

Posted by Robyn Lee, July 16, 2007

Some people think that dessert may only be eaten after finishing the main dishes devoid of refined sugar. These people may even call dessert the most dispensable part of a meal. [shudders] However, if you're anything like me you know that dessert is the most important part of a meal, if not nutritionally (okay, definitely not nutritionally) then psychologically. Anything that comes before dessert may be tasty, but by the nature of not being dessert is also a barrier to the ice cream sundae or chocolate layer cake that eagerly awaits prodding from your dessert spoon.

Dorie Greenspan might know what I'm talking about—otherwise I don't think she would've written Baking: From My Home to Yours, a bible of all things sweet and baked. While flipping through the book I was overcome by a blinding desire to preheat the oven and start whipping up something, anything, everything. And I rarely bake. Maybe this book and its full-page photos of desserts in their final moments of carefree existence before being devoured will also inspire you to spend an afternoon in your kitchen, sweating by the heat of your oven.

This week we are giving away ten (10) copies of the book. For a chance to win, let us know what your favorite type of cookie is in the comments section until 9 p.m. ET Friday. The usual Serious Eats contest rules apply.

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