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Sweet & Southern: Classic Desserts with a Twist

✍️ Mims, Ben
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4.4
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$19.98
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🏛 Rizzoli International Publications 📅 2018 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780789334381

📝 Description: Sweet & Southern: Classic Desserts with a Twist

"Time-wasting fussiness and artificial ingredients are reconsidered in favor of practical, modern updates, fresh flavors, and global influences [in a book featuring] favorites such as hummingbird cake, lemon layer cake, peach cobbler, peanut butter pie, triple cherry pie, and buttered pecan ice cream. Homemade staples such as upside-down cake, red velvet cake, key lime pie, cornbread pudding, and snickerdoodles are elevated with simple and inspired twists"--Amazon.com.

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This lack of detail makes it difficult to assess the true value of the 'modern updates' mentioned. It may not suit serious pastry chefs seeking rigorous technical instruction or purists resistant to any deviation from traditional Southern methods. The book appears best for casual bakers who prioritize ease and flavor over precision, though the vague summary leaves the actual execution of these 'inspired twists' largely a mystery.
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Eatbook Family editorial team

This lack of detail makes it difficult to assess the true value of the 'modern updates' mentioned. It may not suit serious pastry chefs seeking rigorous technical instruction or purists resistant to any deviation from traditional Southern methods. The book appears best for casual bakers who prioritize ease and flavor over precision, though the vague summary leaves the actual execution of these 'inspired twists' largely a mystery.

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