In Gale Gand's Just a Bite, Gale Gand and coauthor Julia Moskin translate favorite restaurant mini-desserts into delicious and eminently doable recipes for home cooks -- from bite-size cheesecakes and tiny chocolate doughnuts to wee coffee lollipops on cinnamon sticks. Some of the recipes are for treats that were bite-size to begin with, like the Sugar Frosted Frozen Grapes or Tiny Ginger Cookies, and others, like the Red Velvet Cake, have been miniaturized to become part of the fun. There are chapters on fruit desserts, cookies, tiny cakes, and a spectacular group of candies that require equipment no more complicated than a thermometer and a pastry bag.
Gale Gand's Just a Bite may just be the most delightful dessert cookbook of the year!