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i am the very lucky recipient of this beautiful little baking book. i feel like i’ve just won a contest!
the Sweet Melissa Patisseries in the New York City borough of Brooklyn has been around for 10 years (i lived in another borough long time before then, and therefore missed out… ) and chef/owner Melissa Murphy, a native New Yorker, specializes in the application of French technique to homey American sweet treats.
and this cookbook illustrates how easy that is!
i can’t wait to try the chestnut honey madeleines…the chocolate malted layer cake…the sour cherry pie with pistachio crumble…
it just makes me want to load up the minivan and take a little field trip to Brooklyn, NY, to sample the goodies from “Sweet Melissa”.
many many thanks to the Penguin Group/Viking Studio for this lovely book.
(you all know the Allman Brothers’ song right? )

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