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Maida Heatter's 'Book of Great Chocolate Dessert's'
Maida Heatter's 'Book of Great Desserts' or any of her books.
Jacques Torres 'Dessert Circus'

Oh man, does anyone want to donate a copy of Dorie's book to a broke student?...

I was flipping through it yesterday at Williams-Sonoma (everything there being so expensive, I know I won't break down and buy anything), and it looks so amazing. And as mentioned by so many, her recipes are so trustworthy.

Unrelated note: anyone else noticed how cookbooks these days (past year or so) are looking more and more like hip textbooks? See Dorie's book, the most recent Jamie Oliver, most recent Nigella, etc. I like it.

Related note: has anyone here had much experience with Nigella;s baking book? I love her recipes generally, and the few baked items I tried from Hot to Eat and Forever Summer (the 2 books I own) and off the net turned out very well. And her reputation generally is heavily based on baking. But the reviews of Domestic Goddess suggest people have a lot of trouble with it, that many of them just don't work. Anyone here have an opinion one way or the other?