Joseph De Leo

Taking the love of French pastries into the kitchen, Mon Cher Éclair shows how rewarding it is to make these delectable treats at home. Using just a couple of simple techniques, home cooks can easily master the basic recipe for pâte à choux dough and use it to make beautiful éclairs with modern flavor combinations such as butterscotch-bourbon or Meyer lemon cream. The dough is also the base for an array of profiteroles and cream puffs, which make...

Ninety recipes that make cheese the star of your meal, from cheese boards and appetizers to soups, salads, entrées, desserts, and more.
Today's specialty cheese market is booming, and many once obscure cheese varieties are now widely available. The Cheesemonger's Kitchen collects ninety delightful recipes that move cheese into a meal's starring role. Culled from chef and cheesemonger Chester Hastings's twenty-five years of experience,...

"Chocolate peanut butter cups and candy bars are transformed into elegant, sophisticated sweets using the finest chocolate and freshest ingredients." —The San Diego Union-Tribune
The beloved candy bars of childhood have grown up, but there is no need to go to the French Laundry to get your fix. Candy bar devotees Susie Norris and Susan Heeger show how to reinvent candy bars as they should be—thick and layered with nougat, crisp...