Tropical Desserts: Recipes for Exotic Fruits, Nuts, and Spices Book

Top restaurant menus across the country are now featuring tropical dessertssorbets, granitas, tarts, and souffls that are exotically flavored with fruits like guava, papaya, carambola, mango, and kiwi, to name just a few. Not just for professionals, Tropical Desserts includes those recipes, plus easy-to-prepare quick breads, cookies, and bars. If you cant find exotic fruits in your local market, theres an array of recipes for more common (but decidedly tropical) ingredients like banana, limes, lemons, and coconut. The days of decadent, and fat-laden, chocolate cakes are gone. The fresher and lighter taste of tropical desserts are in demandand the delicious granita recipes contain no fat at all. With gorgeous color photography, Tropical Desserts is sure to be the hottest dessert cookbook of the year.Andrew MacLauchlan, cookbook author, is currently executive pastry chef for Mark Millers popular Coyote Cafe restaurants. Read More