CUPCAKES, COOKIES & PIE, OH, MY!

New treats ~ New techniques ~ More hilarious fun

Recipes and Food Styling by KAREN TACK, Text and Photography by ALAN RICHARDSON

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Brand new large softcover book, published 2012, 240 pages, lots of gorgeous, mouthwatering colour photos and step-by-step instructions.

Playing with your food has never been so exciting - or so easy.

Hello, Cupcake! inspired millions to become cupcake artists and launched an international sensation. Now the talented pair who started it all returns, with projects that are more hilarious, more spectacular, more awe-inspiring - and simpler than ever. Karen Tack and Alan Richardson apply their wacky imagination not just to cupcakes, but to cookies, pies, cakes, and much more.

But they don't stop at cupcakes. No sweet treat is safe from their ingenuity: refrigerator cookies, pound cakes, pie dough, cheesecakes, bar cookies, and Jell-O are all transformed into amazing and playful desserts. There's something for everybody in this book, and every single item you need can be found in the neighborhood supermarket or convenience store.

An array of unique cupcake designs explains how to use snack items and common candies to create a variety of confectionery masterpieces to suit any occasion, including birthday towers, a cookie makeup party, and an octopus garden. The authors of the best-selling Hello, Cupcake! and What's New Cupcake? present a treasury of creative confection recipes that feature everything from cakes and pies to refrigerator cookies and jelly, offering options that provide for any experience level and use readily available ingredients.

No baking skills or fancy pastry equipment is required. Spotting the familiar items in the hundreds of brilliant photos is at least half the fun.

Contents include:

• Introduction
• Build a pet
• Make 'em laugh
• Animal planet
• Guys and dolls
• Life of the party
• Holidazed
• Master recipes
• Essential tools
• Sources (US, but most have websites)
• Index

Cupcakes, Cookies and Pie, Oh, My! is a US publication and measurements are in imperial - pounds, ounces, inches, cups and spoons. As most of the designs in the book are more about technique and good ideas than measurement, the fact that measurements are in imperial shouldn't really matter. You could also use your own favourite cupcake recipes, then decorate.

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About the authors

Karen Tack is a Connecticut cooking teacher and a food stylist for Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart Living, Parents, Real Simple, Family Fun, Nick,Jr., and many more magazines. She has a passion for playful cupcake designs and easy cupcake decorating ideas. Karen Tack and Alan Richardson have appeared on TV with Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, and Paula Deen and have been featured many times on NBC's Today as well as in America's top magazines.

Alan Richardson is a best-selling cookbook author and photographer living in New York. His photographs can be seen in many major magazines and in dozens of books and cookbooks. He is the coauthor of The Breath of a Wok, winner of two prestigious awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and The Four Seasons of Italian Cooking.

Karen and Alan are also the authors of Hello Cupcake: Irresistably Playful Creations Anyone Can Make - click here for more information

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Cupcakes, Cookies and Pie, Oh, My! - Karen Tack & Alan Richardson