Cookie Swap: Creative Treats to Share Throughout the Year - Softcover

Usher, Julia M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1423603788 ISBN 13: 9781423603788

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Cookie Swap Long Product Description:

Looking for a unique cookie swap theme or cookie? Look no further than Cookie Swap by Julia Usher where she takes the popular idea of the cookie exchange party to new heights and new directions. Cookie Swap is filled with delectable recipes and tasty treats sure to please at any gathering whether you're looking for something colorful and chewy like the Bunny Trail Mix Cookies or feeling a bit nutty for the Under her Thumb(print) Cookies rolled in hazelnuts and topped with a creamy, white-chocolate ganache.

This elegant entertaining book shows that the cookie swap is perfectly suited not only to holiday gatherings but also to garden parties, showers, children's birthdays, summer get-togethers, and more. Talented baker Julia Usher reveals that cookies are infinitely adaptable to different party themes and times of year, resulting in scores of delightful possibilities. Themes and events include: Affairs of the Heart (Valentine's Day, Anniversaries, Birthdays), Spring Fling, Vision in White: (Weddings), Fun in the Sun (Summer), Garden Parties, Deck the Halls (Christmas), and even a theme for going back to school!

Discover a mouth-watering cookie for your next swap:

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Review:

Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist.--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired.(formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book
--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)

"No wonder Usher - who grew up to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University, earned an MBA from Stanford University and at 47 is an accomplished pastry chef and cookbook writer - is intent on drawing folks back to the kitchen. She knows, firsthand, the heart-filled connection that's sparked there. And she has just the ticket to get us all baking the honest-to-goodness way." --Barbara Mahany"Chicago Tribune" (12/03/2009)

"Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist." Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Talented baker Julia Usher provides foolproof recipes and teaches us decorating techniques, from the simplest bar cookie to elaborate showpieces. Her whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative. Open it to any page-you're bound to be inspired. -- Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional (formerly Chocolatier) and author of The Good Cookie and The Cake Book--Trish Boyle"Dessert Professional" (05/12/2009)

Julia Usher is one smart cookie . . . and luckily, we can now all be invited to her Cookie Swap! Her new book has it all: complete basics for beginners, everything a home baker needs to perfect the simple art of "something out of nearly nothing," and imaginative creativity for pros. Well-tested recipes are reliable, fun, and scrumptious; photos are enticing; and party ideas are both practical and budget conscious. Essential for all bakers, this excellent guide to year-round cookie swap parties is a winner.>--Susan G Purdy"author of Pie in the Sky" (05/12/2009)

Julia Usher's over-the-top cookies and detailed, theme-inspired swaps promise joyful sharing and sweet memories for year-round entertaining.>--Flo Braker"author of Baking for All Occasions, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, and Sweet Miniatures" (05/12/2009)

A cookie is one of life's most precious, delicious gifts. Swapping them with friends is all the better. Julia Usher's gorgeous and doable ideas inspire us not only to trade cookies at holiday time but the whole year through. Filled to the brim with mouthwatering recipes and delectable photographs, Cookie Swap is a sweet treat to savor and celebrate.>--Nancy Wall Hopkins"Better Homes & Gardens" (05/12/2009)

"Julia Usher's lovely cookies will inspire you to become a dedicated cookie decorating hobbyist."
Nick Malgieri, Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited

--Nick Malgieri"Author of The Modern Baker, How to Bake, and Cookies Unlimited" (05/12/2009)

"No wonder Usher - who grew up to get a degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University, earned an MBA from Stanford University and at 47 is an accomplished pastry chef and cookbook writer - is intent on drawing folks back to the kitchen. She knows, firsthand, the heart-filled connection that's sparked there. And she has just the ticket to get us all baking the honest-to-goodness way."

--Barbara Mahany"Chicago Tribune" (12/03/2009)

From the Back Cover:

"This creative book has become my new gold-standard guide to cookie decorating. Julia Usher's whimsical designs and ideas make this book as fun as it is informative." --Tish Boyle, Editor, Dessert Professional and author of The Good Cookie

"Julia Usher's over-the-top cookies and detailed, theme-inspired swaps promise joyful sharing and sweet memories for year-round entertaining." --Flo Braker, author of Baking for All Occasions, The Simple Art of Perfect Baking, and Sweet Miniatures

"Julia Usher's gorgeous and doable ideas inspire us not only to trade cookies at holiday time but the whole year through. Filled to the brim with mouthwatering recipes and delectable photographs, Cookie Swap is a sweet treat to savor and celebrate." --Nancy Wall Hopkins, Deputy Food and Entertaining Editor, Better Homes and Gardens

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1423603788
• ISBN 13: 9781423603788
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160