Each a great selection of delicious and practical recipes, the books in this series focus on a certain theme or one specific ingredient.
These recipes for today's most popular treats--cupcakes and muffins--result in small, tasty desserts sure to please any palate.

It's time to eat healthy. Avoid all those chemicals, preservatives, and unhealthy ways to grow and raise our food. Here are some of our favorite dessert treats, and they are all organic. You'll find delicious cookies, cakes, bars, treats for kids and adults, pops and snacks--all tantalizing and all 100% organic. There are complete cooking instructions, colorful photos of the how-to and the finished desserts, and everything you need to know to create your own.

Non sai che dolce fare stasera? Questo e il libro che fa per te, piu di 30 ricette estrapolate dall'agenda segreta di una mamma italiana.

Which dessert is named after the heroic third-century Queen Zenobia of Palmyra? Which luscious rice pudding shares its name with the eighth-century Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun? How does one make the perfect Baqlawah? Blending cookery with culture and recipes with history, this is the fascinating and delectable story of traditional Arab sweets. The authors here take us on a culinary journey across Iraq, Syria, Egypt and al-Andalus, presenting readers with clear and easy-to-recreate recipes from across the medieval Arab world. Filling the tables of caliphs and noblemen, these sumptuous desserts of saffron and rose water conjure the opulence and grandeur of the medieval Islamic world. Bringing together tenth- to fourteenth-century Arabic texts, the authors retrace the history of these sweet dishes, reviving the original recipes and following their development and influence over the centuries into non-Arabic speaking lands. Honey, dates, figs and pomegranates are just a few ingredients featured in this exquisite selection of mouth-watering desserts which have been modernised for cooks to try at home, all woven together with medieval poems and stories. From delicious pastries, filled with pistachios and fragrant syrups, to luscious puddings, biscuits, and pies, it is the ideal addition to any kitchen. A unique insight into Middle Eastern culinary history, this book is a must-have for anyone with a sweet tooth.

Enjoy a wide variety of healthy, yummy desserts

If you have diabetes–or know someone who does–tasty desserts may seem to be a thing of the past. Now, in this remarkable book, professor, chef, and dietitian Sandy Kapoor shows you how to prepare rich and delicious delights that anyone will enjoy! Featuring more than 150 recipes that use readily available ingredients, this easy-to-follow guide teaches you healthy dessert cooking techniques so you can create mouth-watering desserts that are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber, and low in fat, cholesterol, and sugar. You’ll discover many traditional favorites–from chocolate cake to Grandma’s apple pie–and an assortment of innovative desserts, such as five-spice sugar-free cornmeal muffins and blended watermelon cooler flavored with mint. Complete with nutritional analyses for each recipe, Delicious Desserts When You Have Diabetes makes eating dessert an enjoyable, healthful experience for anyone.

Featuring such scrumptious recipes as:

Blueberry Muffins Loaded with Blueberries • Fresh Pear Torte Laced with Dried Cranberries • Nutty Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies • Homestyle Banana Walnut Bread • Raspberry-Filled Crumble Coffee Cake • Lemon-Flavored Cheesecake in Graham Cracker Crumb Crust • Red Cherry Pie Splashed with Amaretto • Frozen Pumpkin Ice Cream Dessert with Gingersnap Crumb Crust • Mango and Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie

If you like chocolate you’ll love these new chocolate versions of classic recipes like Apple Brown Betty, Strawberry Shortcake, and Tiramisu.

Diana Dalsass has created over 100 original recipes, testing each one over and over again to preserve the integrity of the original dessert while making an entirely new chocolate sensation. Pies, pastries, puddings, cakes, cookies, and even coffee cakes, muffins, and breads are reinvented and made startlingly fresh and delicious by the addition of that magical ingredient, chocolate. Dalsass has created simple, easy-to-follow recipes that will not tax your time or energy. She draws on classic American desserts, including Key Lime Pie, Indian Pudding, and Boston Cream Pie, as well as luscious European favorites like eclairs, Zuppa Inglese, and Madeleines. With such intriguingly unusual concoctions as chocolate zabaglione and Baked Alaska, this unique cookbook opens up worlds of scrumptious possibilities. New Chocolate Classics will soothe the craving of the most hardened chocoholic while opening up new horizons for any lover of dessert.

• Author of The New Good Cake Book
• 106 recipes now beguilingly in chocolate

Indulgent frozen treats that strictly follow the paleo diet and taste delicious
The popular Paleolithic, or "paleo," diet has helped millions of people lose weight and improve their health. But it's hard to satisfy a sweet tooth when dairy and most sugars are off the table. Thankfully, the creative recipes in "Paleo Ice Cream" make it possible to indulge in dreamy, refreshing ice cream while living paleo. These easy-to-follow recipes include palate-pleasing classics like Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Orange Sherbet, Coffee, and Butter Pecan, as well as more adventurous flavors like Goat Cheese, Olive Oil, and Cayenne Chocolate. Rooted in the idea that humans are healthiest eating a pre-agricultural diet, the paleo lifestyle excludes the dairy products, refined sugars, and chemical additives found in store-bought ice cream. With "Paleo Ice Cream," you can enjoy a sweet treat made with nutrient-dense whole foods while fulfilling the cravings that could otherwise lead to cheating, binge eating, or jumping ship altogether.