I have My Bombay Kitchen coming to me any day now, I am so excited. Also, Pure Dessert by A. Medrich, which I am really excited about too. I always seem to get at least three or four absolute winners from any one Medrich cookbook....

Barenbaum. All it contains is chocolate, eggs and butter, but I heighten the chcoclate taste by adding raspberry puree. Amazing stuff. Then there is the “Queen of Sheba” cake form “Cocolat” by Alice...

Chocolate Decadence cookies by Alice Medrich, are to die for!!!! Just put it in search, and the recipe will come up. Nothing wrong with her Best Cocoa Brownies either.....I just made them for my grandkids and they loved them. I...

of the contributors include Alice Medrich, Rick Bayless, Chris Schlessinger, among others. I find myself going back to it over and over again. It’s my desert island cookbook.

A good year for me, too! DeLonghi Magnifica ESAM3300 espresso machine 20 qt stockpot ceramic pie plate cute ceramic terrine from Le Creuset The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich Dolce Italiano: Desserts...

Wow! Memories on parade. That Collin St. fruitcake is the only one I’ve ever loved. My mother used to order it after somebody gave her one. I like the Dried Fruit and Nut Cake and the Panforte Nero in Pure Desserts by Alice...

success. If she is interested in deserts for dinner parties, I cooked my way through much of “Cocolat” by Alice Medrich - it is out of print, but can be pretty easily found. Beautiful pictures and many of the recipes...

shape and cocoa coating resemble the fungus truffle). Since I clearly remember buying truffles from See’s in 1975, they may even predate the popularizing of the French-style truffle in the US by Alice Medrich.

://www.chowhound.com/topics/514822 Also, starting in May, we decided we wanted to have a DCOTM (dessert COTM) that runs for TWO months. We’ve chosen two Alice Medrich cookbooks for May AND June....

I’d love to do an Alice Waters/Chez Panisse survey, much as you guys are doing with Doc and Chris this month. (kudos on that choice, btw— Let the Flames Begin is one of my all time faves) I have the Chez Panisse Menu...