I’m entering a local chocolate baking contest and want opinions on the most stunning choco creation 'hounds have ever had. I’m scouring the library for a knockout recipe – I’ve paged through the Payard...

- Peter Greweling and CIA The Professional Pastry Chef – Bo Friberg A Passion for Desserts - Emily Luchetti The Sweet Life – Kate Zuckerman The Secrets of Baking – Sherry Yard Chocolate Obsession – Michael...

In the UK, Millionaire Shortbread is shortbread with a caramel layer on top, and then a layer of chocolate. I’m sure you could google a recipe if that’s what you’re looking for. My favorite chocolate/caramel...

If you do go, save room for dessert, Emily Luchetti's one of the best pastry chefs around.

Cafe Tibet is kind of nice and the price is definitely right. The chef used to work not at Chez Panisse but for pastry chef Emily Luchetti at Stars. The best dishes are the bean soup (vegetarian, but you’d never guess it),...

Emily Luchetti has been the pastry chef at Farallon since it opened. http://www.farallonrestaurant.com/menus_recipes/dessertmenu.html

I think the recipe your referring to is from Food & Wine magazine. It’s on their website. Do a search for Emily Luchetti. It’s not an actual cheesecake though. It’s quick & easy to put together & it tasted...

I’ll 2nd Martha Steward and Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid Home Baking. Best all time dessert cookbook is Star’s Desserts by Emily Luchetti. It is out of print but if you ever see it at a garage sale, grab it.

held at Café Tibet and Tibetans seem to love the food. One poster wrote “The chef/owner, Samten Chinkarlaprang, worked under Emily Luchetti at Stars, so her desserts are sometimes as good as you’ll find at the most...

coffee ice cream shake wirh bourbon. i got the idea from one of emily luchetti's cookbooks. i don’t even LIKE brown liquor, but that jumped off the page at me, and did not disappoint!

Olvieto has great desserts. The desserts at Cafe Tibet can be great—the chef worked under Emily Luchetti at Stars and Farallon. Once or twice the usually great ginger crème brûlée was curdled—it’s a somewhat...

Olvieto’s desserts are to my taste the best around. But it’s in Oakland. Farallon’s executive pastry chef is Emily Luchetti (formerly of Stars), one of the best in the business. Link:...

for Ice Cream: 95 Recipes for Fabulous Desserts by Emily Luchetti - great flavors and great ideas for combining ice cream with other food to make complete deserts. Frozen Desserts: The definitive guide to making ice creams, ices,...

flourgirl, I’ve wondered the same thing: I saw one of Emily Luchetti's old books on Amazon for $200, but bought it in a used book store for $19.

Emily Luchetti has a really great goat cheese cake..not a cheesecake but like a souffle cake. Great with some fresh berries & chantilly or some fresh figs & honey...