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Ready for Dessert by David LebovitzRead about another cookbook on the list.
Pastry chef and blogger David Lebovitz, who spent 12 years at Chez Panisse, has gathered together 170 recipes for bakers of all abilities. The photos alone will inspire you, not to mention the names - champagne gelée with kumquats and anise-orange ice-cream profiteroles with chocolate sauce for starters.
Also see: Kate Colquhoun's top 10 unusual cookbooks; the ten best children's cookbooks; the 10 best cookbooks of 2009; and Alton Brown's five best cookbooks.
--Marshal Zeringue