Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts (ISBN 159223111X)

Amazon.com Review:
Gordon Ramsay's Just Desserts is a very fine book of last courses from energetic three-star Michelin chef Gordon Ramsay, expertly marshaled for the domestic kitchen by Roz Denny. Ramsay's imagination is obviously caught by the sweet course: he expends a great deal of innovative thinking to it with fascinating results. He is inclined to roast his fruit, for example, caramelizing it for greater intensity of flavor; or he might deep-fry it, as in the elegant and fantastically nonchalant Fruit Tempura. Asian flavors appear in ethereal dishes like the Thai Rice Pudding with Coconut and Lemon or Banana and Passion Fruit Sorbet. Cheesecake is light and flavored with pumpkin. Proper homage is paid to comfort food, with recipes for Bread and Butter Pudding (Ramsay makes his with a baguette and laces it with Baileys Irish Cream) and Steamed Toffee, Banana, and Pecan Pudding. The chocolate recipes are particularly fine, with a Chocolate Mocha Tart standing out. Just Desserts is also an excellent primer of patisserie techniques; its explanations and illustrations of the standard syrups, pastes, sponges, and pastries of the restaurant kitchen, here translated into domestic terms, are particularly lucid. The professional mysteries of the mousse, the parfait, the bavarois, and the various manifestations of the meringue are made wonderfully clear. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk

Want to impress?:
No wonder he's a star in Britain. Fabulous, imaginative recipes covering everything from easy cook basics to recipes you definitely need to practice! Examples - red berries with hibiscus and basil syrup; slow roasted peaches with orange caramel sauce; chocolate and thyme ice cream; apricot and cinnamon mousse; fruit tempura and many more. Not a book for beginners (he is a Michelin 3 Star chef) but very, very good.

3star perfrct:
beautiful as good on pastry as savory love all his books just got all of them

It's Like Having Gordon With You In Your Kitchen!:
I have dismissed his American television persona and concentrated only on his British series with food. A lot of his genius gets lost in translation, I'm afraid. It isn't his fault. It's ours! Instead of letting him perform his genius, we have made a celebrity out of him. For shame! This book is photographed so beautifully that you might forget to read the recipes! And simple they are. Simple and incredibly yummy. His division of sweets is easy-peasy. Oh, that's Jamie. Sorry. You have some summer fruit. Plain. He shows you simple syrups and toppings and cremes that you simply pour over the fruit and you have an incredible dessert that will impress your friends no end. I really like Gordon Ramsay. I do not like the persona we see on American TV. I hope that in the future the powers that be at the networks will let him do what he is best at. Create. Get rid of the young wannabe chefs. Get rid of the screaming. Just let him create. If you love desserts, and want to keep it simple but elegant, and creative, this is your book. I just love it.