Any day (red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for a potluck dinner or applesauce-spice cupcakes for an after-school snack)
Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking
A deep dive into the minutae of cheesemaking in America at the dawn of the 20th century
an ethereal zucchini cappuccino
(Pastry) Pierre Lacam. Le Memorial Historique et Geographique de la Patisserie, contenant 3000 recettes de patisserie, glaces et liqueurs. General Cooking Any day (red velvet cupcakesxxxii, 864 pp. Illus. with wood engravings, incl. portrait of the author and his contemporaries. 8. 5x5", period half black morocco & marbled boards, raised bands, gilt lettered spine. Paris: Lacam, [c. 1892]. Containing 2200 pastry, ice cream & liqueurs, decorated with engravings of pastry making and utensils in the text. With anecdotes and biographies of the great French gastronomic authors, and with engraved portraits of them: Marquis de Cussy,