Brooks Headley's Fancy Desserts · the Recipes of Del Posto’s James Beard Award–Winning Pastry Chef by Headley, Brooks -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Foreword by Steve Albini Introduction by Chris Cechin-De la Rosa Things You Need, Things You May Not Recognize, and Things I Want to Explain Hospitality 1. Fruit

Greenmarkets: For Good and Terrible Slow-Roasted Fruit Fast-Roasted Fruit Verjus Melon Candy Red Wine Plums Tangerines Sugared Green Strawberries with Toasted Fennel Cake, Candied Fennel, and Mint Gelato Grilled Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze Huckleberry Marmellata Strawberry Quick Jam Strawberry Sauce Glossy Fruit Sauce Smoked Applesauce Band Tour Food Diary: Born Against Lemon Granita Philadelphia Bellini Nelson Juice The Historic Role of Sugar in Empire Building by Ian Svenonius Profile in Courage: David Kinch Les Deux Cafes: Build Your Résumé Like a Pro Sorbets

Sorbet Syrup Fruit Sorbet Celery Sorbet Rhubarb Sorbet Yogurt Sorbet Sour Apricot Sorbet (The Dried Fruit Method)

2. Vegetables

Avocado and Strawberries Cucumber Creamsicle The Failure That Forged Brooks by Sam McPheeters Kabocha Cake with Sage Gelato and Candied Squash Error Carrot Cake No Music in the Kitchen Carrot Sauce Candied Carrots Pappa al Pomodoro Dried Tomatoes Profile in Courage: Barbara Lynch Red Pepper Jelly Where Punks Ate in New York City in the Eighties by Robert Sietsema Three-Stage Hammered Rhubarb Jam Lemon-Ginger Curd with Rhubarb and Polenta Chips Sfera di Caprino with Celery Sorbet Band Tour Food Diary: Universal Order of Armageddon Eggplant and Chocolate Sunchoke Crudo with Yeast Gelato and Candied Walnuts Fried Roman Artichokes with Ricotta Gelato, Honey, and Matzo Croccante

3. Grains & Flours

Corn-Corn Huckleberry Cookies Profile in Courage: Erin McKenna Quinoa Cookie Sandwiches Buckwheat Shortbread Cookies Buckwheat Crespelle Slow-as-Hell Polenta Pudding Polenta Crêpes Polenta Shortcake with Blackberry Compote Polenta Chips Sbrisolona Profile in Courage: Kathleen Hanna Popcorn with Nutritional Yeast Pudding Band Tour Food Diary: Young Pioneers Alex Stupak Scares the Shit Out of Me Crustoli, Jennie Style Croutons Bread Crumbs Bread Crumb–Fried Fruit Pasta Frolla Doughnuts: The Hard Way and the LA Way Van Halen Rosa’s Biscuits, or “The Best Thing I have Ever Eaten in America”

4. Chocolate

Fake Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Lots of Salt Tofu Chocolate Crème Brûlée Molten Chocolate Cake Profile in Courage: Claudia Fleming Cioccolata, Schokolade, Cokolada, Chocolat, Chocolate by Brad Kintzer Chocolate Tree Caramelized Chocolate Gelato Chocolate Coating Taste Buds by Sloane Crosley Free-Form Caramelized Chocolate Truffles Tartufo al Caffé Band Tour Food Diary: Skull Kontrol Chocolate-Covered Honeycomb Torta Caprese

5. Seeds & Nuts

Sesame Anise Sticks Candied Nuts with a Lot of Salt Champagne Vinegar and Almond Caramels Best Quits Brutti ma Buoni The Sweet Blood of the Lamb by Katie Parla Brutally Italian Almond Cake Profile in Courage: Christina Tosi Saffron Wedding Cookies Band Tour Food Diary: Wrangler Brutes Spezzata di Castagne with Red Wine Plums and Yogurt Sorbet I Steal and Smash Everything Fregolatta Two Peanut Butter and Jelly Snacks That Contain Neither

Figs and Parmigiano with Hazelnuts Apple with Dulce and Sesame Seeds

6. Dairy

Pastry Cream Corn Cream and Pit Cream Zabaglione, Both Ways

Mario Style Lidia Style

Gelatos

Basic Gelato Mint Gelato/Parsley Gelato/Basil Gelato The Dry-Ice Technique Sage Gelato Yeast Gelato Strawberry Gelato Ricotta Gelato Ricotta Stracciatella Oatmeal-Infused Gelato Cashew Gelato Olive Oil Gelato

Bastoncino On Regional Italian Olive Oils by Nicholas Coleman Peanut Butter Mascarpone with Bejeweled Bananas Breaking Up with Panna Cotta Brown Butter Panna Cotta Regular Panna Cotta Hand-Pulled Stracciatella with Strawberry Quick Jam and Croutons Cream Cheese Crust The West Side of Lower Manhattan Before Del Posto by Cali Thornhill-DeWitt Coca-Cola Sauce Profile in Courage: Gabrielle Hamilton Cannolo Stile Libero: The Free-Form Cannoli Band Tour Food Diary: Oldest/C.R.A.S.H. Tiramisù Boil the Can, You Made a Bomb I Sleep Through Cooking Classes Nancy Is a Genius Butterscotch Mascarpone Semifreddo with Milk Jam and Sbrisolona Yogurt Dates S’mores: Warm La Tur with Charred Bread and Chocolate–Olive Oil Sauce

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