Valerie Peterson

"An attractive, nostalgic, kitsch- crammed cocktail book that holds the cures for most Advent meltdowns... should provide enough espirit to see anyone through New Year's."--The New York Times Whether you need to ease the friction at the table, dull the guilt of smashing one of Great-Gra...

Elaborately Decorated Cookies fill the shelves of high-end bakery cases, tempting shoppers with bright colours and whimsical shapes. The cookies are beautiful, but buying them in a bakery can be shockingly expensive, and their flavour often doesn't live up to their appearance. Now home bakers can ha...