The Boozy Bakeris a fun collection of recipes for cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, and more, all of which contain a healthy dose of alcohol. Home bakers will recognize classic treats such as profiteroles, peach cobbler, and spiced Bundt cake, and be delighted by the ways they are reinvented with chocolate stout, almond liqueur, and even Jägermeister. Featuring more than 30 full-color photographs, the book also includes sidebars throughout with instructions for preparing funky cocktails that add a punchy compliment to many of the recipes.
Whether you are a pastry perfectionist or a one-bowl beginner, a bonafide mixologist or just looking for a way to polish off a few dusty bottles, this cookbook is sure to become a favorite, its pages splattered with chocolate, sprinkled with sugar, and garnished with a twist.
Lucy Bakeris a food writer and recipe tester, and a contributing columnist for SeriousEats.com and the site's recipes editor. Baker has written articles for numerous publications, both online and in print, includingEdible Brooklyn,Publishers Weekly,Popular Mechanics,McSweeney's, andTime Out New York. She lives in Brooklyn.
The Edge- Boston Herald.com, 8/5/10
“Baker has compiled a swoon-worthy collection of 75 original dessert recipes that use alcohol plus 25 cocktail recipes.”
Pauline Baughman, Multnomah Cty. Lib., Portland, OR forPatricia Helding, Founder, Fat Witch Bakery, and author ofFat Witch Brownies
This gem of a cookbook should be nestled right between your baking canisters and a bottle of your favorite hooch. Don't reach for one without the other.
Rick Rodgers, author ofThanksgiving 101and many other cookbooks
Lucy Baker has created a spirited collection of luscious recipes that are likely to make a dedicated teetotaller make an exception when it comes tl#}
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