Gateau

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Bookplated-signed copies! James Beard Award–winning writer Aleksandra Crapanzano shares the secrets of the cakes Parisians bake at home: the gâteau in its many splendors, from the simplest yogurt cakes to deceptively easy bûches de Noël, from nut tortes to boozy flourless chocolate cakes, from yuzu madeleines to rum-soaked babas. When we think of French desserts, we tend to imagine ornate creations and confections. Perhaps we envision a tarte Tatin , but rarely a homemade cake, whipped up on a w