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| Grand Finales: The Art of the Plated Dessert (Grand Finales) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tish Boyle, Timothy Moriarty
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
Buy New: $34.26
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New (27) Used (11) from $34.26
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 46578
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0471287695
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.86
UPC: 723812287697
EAN: 9780471287698
ASIN: 0471287695
Publication Date: October 8, 1996
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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| Customer Reviews:
 tough, but fun November 11, 2001
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
A very, very awesome book. You have to be hard core to want this book. It took about 5 hours for me and some friends to make one of the desserts, but we had a blast. It measures everything out with wait, so you don't have to worry if you bought the jumbo eggs when the recipee assumes you are using large. If you like cooking, buy this book. If you don't like cooking, I still say buy this book.The sorbets alone are worth the price of the book
Grand Finales is a Grand book August 19, 2000
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
The book "Grand Finales" is a book for all people who are interested in pastry and cooking. It is very discriptive and has many recipies with fondations so you can make mank differnet dishes.
fantastic November 21, 1999
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
First there is the beautiful photography that displays these creations marvelously. Just seeing these desserts can inspire an individual. You don't have to copy the dessert to a tee but pick and chose your garnishes to suit your own individual style and ability. The book is also loaded with recipes. Recipes that work. The use of weight to measure is much more accurate than cups and for those who only use cups and spoons, you can convert the recipes easily. Any cookbook has charts in it to help you. The book is well worth the price. Although it may seem intimidating many recipes are very do-able
 heavy on elaborate presentation June 24, 1999
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is great for presentation ideas, but really is only for accomplished pastry chefs. The recipes are given only in weight, and the presentations are so elaborate that they are really unpractical, even for most restaurants. Other books give more specific directions for some of the garnishing techniques. The biographies of the pastry chefs are interesting. A nice picture book.
A beautiful book -- well worth the price. March 22, 1998
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A magnificent book, well worth the purchase price. You can't help but be inspired in your own desserts after seeing the pictures of the desserts in this book. Some of the interviews with the pastry chefs are also interesting.
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