A Passion for Baking offers over 200 original, over-the-top luscious recipes, from Chocolate Eruption Cheesecake, Hummingbird Carrot Cake, famed Rougemont Apple Pastry Cake, Black-and-White Cookie Coffee Cake, Blackberry Streusel Muffins, Double-Dutch Chocolate Scones, Food Court Pizza Dough plus three bonus chapters: Holiday Baking, Grainy Goodness and ever-easy recipes in Baker-in-a-Hurry. The smells, the tactile experience, the delicious results! There’s nothing quite like the fresh-baked breads, pies, pastries, pizzas, biscotti – the full gamut of great baking found in Marcy Goldman’s best-selling A Passion for Baking.In engaging, compelling writing that is her trademark, Marcy, a trained pastry chef and master baker, shares not only great recipes, but a host of ground-breaking methods and tricks that make unique recipes streamlined. Perfect for time-pressed bakers who want uncompromising results. Over 150 photos that showcase finished masterpiece recipes and Goldman’s unique techniques. Marcy Goldman, Julia Child award nominee, is a master baker and pastry chef, food feature writer and creator of www.Betterbaking.com. Since 1997, Betterbaking.com has welcomed millions of bakers and cooks who enjoy original, sumptuous, tested recipes. Goldman is a frequent guest on Martha Stewart Sirius and a contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Bon Appetit and Epicurious, Costco Connection, Montreal Gazette, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times. Marcy Goldman's cookbooks include A Passion for Baking, When Bakers Cook, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking, The New Best of Betterbaking.com and the The Baker's Four Seasons. Visit Marcy Goldman at www.Betterbaking.com to browse over 2500 more of her recipes or register for the free monthly BB newsletter.