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• Payard, Francois

Sharing his passion for pastry, third generation Patissier Francois Payard now reveals how to make the dazzling cookies, cakes, and tarts that have earned accolades for his Payard Patisserie and Bistro. Providing fantastic, tantalizing results without exotic ingredients or hours of preparation, Simply Sensational Desserts features the most popular Payard desserts, including Hedgehog Cake, Rhubarb-Lemongrass Soup, the tartest Lemon Tart, and much more.

Offering maximum flavor with minimal effort, Simply Sensational Desserts brims with inspiring descriptions and jargon-free, step-by-step instructions. Tantalizing full-color photography completes the temptation as readers discover how to create knockout dishes that please the eye as well as the palate.

With a chapter devoted entirely to chocolate cakes, as well as one on dessert soups - each one paired with a scoop of the appropriate ice cream or sorbet - grand finales are now as easy as pie.

Francois Payard has won numerous national awards, including the 1995 James Beard Award for Pastry Chef of the Year. He was also named Pastry Chef of the Year in 1998 by Bon Appetit. A native of Nice, he lives in New York City.