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" In these trying economic times, there&amp;#039;s really only one solution to the icky feelings we all have concerning our bank accounts: get Baked, man. Of course, I am referring to Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito&amp;#039;s new dessert cookbook, Baked: New Frontiers in Baking, which will inspire you to eat large quantities of luscious sweets, making you a) happier, and b) richer. (You will have prepared these luscious desserts at home and thusly saved your hard-earned money by avoiding expensive bakery indulgences.) Nearly four years ago, Lewis and Poliafito opened their dream bakery in the Red Hook area of Brooklyn, New York, with the intention of creating &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; classic American bakery, filled with tempting baked goods and friendly faces. For this just-released cookbook, their aim remained the same \u2014 to make baking fun and approachable for everyone. The fun part is obvious throughout the book (Milk Chocolate Malt Ball Cake, Root Beer Bundt Cake, and Pumpkin Whoopie Pies win big points for entertainment value), but there are also a few challenging recipes such as Lemon-Almond Meringue Tarts (shown on the cover) and chocolate-glazed Tricolor Cookies, which boast multicolored layers of thin sheet cake touched with amaretto liqueur. One thing I find appealing about this cookbook is its accessibility to the male cooks in the house. The photography is gorgeous without being fussy, and the book&amp;#039;s color palette hinges mostly on woodsy browns and caramelized oranges. Very manly and very chic. Another not-to-be-missed element: the Baked Brownie recipe, which was awarded best brownie by America&amp;#039;s Test Kitchen and the Today show for its dense, fudgy texture and intense chocolate flavor. Last words: Avid bakers will be impressed by Baked. The recipe collection is based on tried-and-true favorites that please all, such as German Chocolate Cake, Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie, Peanut Butter Cookies, S&amp;#039;more Nut Bars, and Vanilla Bean Caramel Apples. But, like the dessert super-fans that they are, Lewis and Poliafito also throw in surprising sweets, including sophisticated Almond Green Tea Cupcakes and an alluring Sweet and Salty Cake that features salted caramel and chocolate. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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