I’ve been meaning to pick up Rebecca Rather’s book, *The Pastry Queen*, for quite some time. When I originally tried to buy it, Amazon was sold out. Somehow, months went by before I got back to it. The book arrived the other day, and I’ve been reading it like a novel. It’s an amazing and delicious piece of work. The recipes (both sweet and savory) are fanciful and mouthwatering, and the stories are personable and engaging. It’s not fancy food; rather, it’s the kind of food we cook at home when we don’t want to think, we just want to be taken care of. Truth be told, I haven’t baked a thing, although I can tell by reading the recipes that they will be pretty solid. The Muchas Leche Cake with Sugared Almonds is calling to me, and I know it’s only a matter of time before I have to taste it. It’s a fabulous book and clearly meant to become well-worn and often reached for on my baking shelf. There’s even a Christmas book too, which I’m sure can give Martha a run for her money. I’ll have to put it on Santa’s list and see what happens when the snow falls…
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