"Groundbreaking recipes for real desserts-sweetened entirely by fruit and other natural, unexpectedly sweet ingredients-from a pastry cook who's worked at acclaimed restaurants in New York and France"--

Daykin, owner of the Vancouver bakers Butter Baked Goods, believes that celebrating is about much more than just circling a day on the calendar. Every day is worth celebrating-- and with the results you get from these straightforward recipes, you'll be inspired to create new traditions to celebrate life.

"I love pan de muerto," Joaquín says as he and his mother sit down to eat the special Mexican sweet bread prepared especially for the Day of the Dead. But someone knocks at the door just as they are about to take the first bite of the pastry. Standing at the door is a hungry skeleton dressed in a mariachi suit who offers to sing Joaquín and his mother a song in exchange for just one itsy bitsy little bite of the sweet bread. It seems like a fair...