Introduction

Olives Laws

Essential Ingredients

Essential Equipment

Righteous Chocolate

Falling Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce

Baked Chocolate Mousse on a Crunch Base with a Chocolate Tuile Fan and Chantilly Cream

White Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding with Caramel Semi-Freddo and Boozy Caramel Sauce

Milk Chocolate Pot De Cream in a Chocolate Balloon Cup with Hot Chocolate Minis

Silky Chocolate Cream Pie in an Oatmeal Shortbread Shell

Chocolate Bombe with Layers of Smooth, Creamy-Dreamy, Gnarly-Bumpy, and Oh-So Crispy

Dreamy, Creamy Custards and Puddings and Tiramisu

Black-Bottomed Cream Brulee with Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Sauce

Ginger Brulee with Buried Blackberries Hot and Sassy Cakes, and Blackberry Crush

Pumpkin Ginger Cream Caramel on Spiced Pumpkin Cake with Pecan Shorts and Toffeed Pecans

Butterscotch Pudding in a Chocolate Crumb Crust with Fudge-Topped Toffee Cookies and Chocolate Lace Cigarettes

Apricot Flan on Sherry-Spiked Marquise with Shortbread Checkerboards and Dried-Apricot Sorbet

Banana-White Chocolate Cream Caramel with Bruleed Baby Bananas on a Toffee-Bottomed Cocoa Cake

Roasted Banana Tiramisu

Souffles Are Not as Tough as You Think

Very Vanilla Bean Souffle with Vanilla Anglaise, Vanilla Ice Cream and a Tuile Twist

Double Chocolate Shuffle with Deep, Dark Chocolate Ice Cream, Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Chocolate Anglaise

Pumpkin Pie Souffle with Honey Lace, Cinnamon Anglaise, and Hazelnut-Cranberry Rugelach

Frozen Citrus ``Souffle'' with Lemon Curd and Citrus Shortbread

Seasonal Fruits and Tarts

Fresh Fig- and Raspberry-Studded Lemon Tart with Cooling Buttermilk ``Ice Cream'' and Raspberry Crush

Blueberry-Lime Tart with Sweet Coconut Crumble and Blueberry Sorbet

Nectarine-Blueberry Crisp with Oatmeal Crumble and Buttermilk ``Ice Cream''

Johnnycake Cobbler with Dark Bing Cherries and Mascarpone Ice Cream

Plum Crostada with Mascarpone and Lemon Ice Cream

Raspberry Blush Peach Melba with Almond Madeleines and Sweet, Toasty Almonds

Warm Plum Compote over White Chocolate Ice Cream with Peppered-Candied Walnuts and Walnut Biscotti

Apricot and Goat Cheese Tart in a Pistachio Shell

Chocolate-Laced Caramelized Hazelnut Tart with Chocolate Semi-Freddo and Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies

Lime and Mango Tart with Zesty Lime Curd and Broiled Mangoes

Butter-Basted Apple Tart with Currants and Walnuts, Cornmeal Dough, and Zaletti

Layered Banana Cream Pie with Pecan Goo on Sweet Banana Cake with Toffeed Pecans and Tuiles

Mango Tarte Tatin with Pastry Cream and Chocolate Pastry

Cakes

Apple-Topped Gingerbread with Hot Applesauce and Cinnamon Ice Cream

Real Good, Real Basic Pound Cake with Seasonal Fruit Compote and Burnt Orange Ice Cream

Cranberry Upside-Down Cake with Caramel Semi-Freddo and Pecan Shorts

Hot and Sassy Gingerbread with Ginger Crinkles, Cider Sauce, and Ginger Ice Cream

Many-Layered Lemon Cake

Espresso Torte

Ice Cream and Sorbets

Turtle Sundae: Caramel and Vanilla Bean Ice Creams in a Pecan Short Shell with Chocolate and Caramel Sauces, Salted Pecan Bark, Caramel Turtles, Chantilly Cream, and Salted Pecans

Cranberry-Lime Sorbet with Walnut Rugelach

Lime Granita with Raspberry Crush and Citrus Shortbreads

Cheese and Breads

Blue Cheese Danish with Port-Poached Pears

Caramelized Walnut Tart with Prunes, Onions, and Blue Cheese

Gorgonzola Biscuits with Poached Pear Reduction