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From: , NY

Joined: January 9th, 2010

Favorite cookbook: Cake Bible

Favorite recipe: Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake


Latest review:

March 24th, 2010

Lemon Poppy Seed-Sour Cream Cake from Rose's Heavenly Cakes

This is Rose's signature cake ( and mine) made larger and more flavorful. This version adds sour cream to the recipe, that gives it a wonderful mouthfeel. It has a rich buttery flavor, perfumed with lemon... read more >


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loretta's Bookshelf

106 book(s). Click the title of a book to start adding your recipe and book reviews.

TitleTagsRatings & Reviews

1001 Cookie Recipes: The Ultimate A-To-Z Collection of Bars, Drops, Crescents, Snaps, Squares, Biscuits, and Everything That Crumbles

By Gregg R. Gillespie, Peter Barry
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Ad Hoc at Home

By Thomas Keller
Artisan - 2009


(252 recipe reviews)
owned by 147 my recipe reviews 0

Alfred Portale's Gotham Bar and Grill Cookbook

By Alfred Portale
Broadway - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Amy's Bread

By Amy Scherber, Toy Kim Dupree
Cookbooks - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Another Blue Strawbery

By James Haller
Harvard Common Press - 1983


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

By Jeff Hertzberg MD, Zoe Francois
Thomas Dunne Books - 2007


(15 recipe reviews)
owned by 121 my recipe reviews 0

At Home with Michael Chiarello: Easy Entertaining

By Michael Chiarello, Karl Petzke
Chronicle Books - 2005


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 1 book review

A Baker's Tour: Nick Malgieri's Favorite Baking Recipes from Around the World

By Nick Malgieri
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2005


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Baking Bread: Old and New Traditions

By Beth Hensperger, Joyce Oudkerk
Chronicle Books - 1992


(1 recipe review)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 1 book review

Baking with Julia Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers

By Dorie Greenspan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1996


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 76 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2006


(57 recipe reviews)
owned by 146 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2008


(46 recipe reviews)
owned by 140 my recipe reviews 5 book review

The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

By Ina Garten, Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1999


(164 recipe reviews)
owned by 156 my recipe reviews 9 book review

Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2002


(43 recipe reviews)
owned by 128 my recipe reviews 6 book review

Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2010


(30 recipe reviews)
owned by 49 my recipe reviews 0

Barefoot Contessa Parties! Ideas and Recipes for Easy Parties That Are Really Fun

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2001


(31 recipe reviews)
owned by 101 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home

By Ina Garten
Clarkson Potter - 2004


(36 recipe reviews)
owned by 70 my recipe reviews 7 book review

Bernard Clayton's Cooking Across America: Cooking With More Than 100 of North America's Best Cooks and 250 of Their Favorite Recipes

By Bernard Clayton
Simon & Schuster - 1993


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Best of Arizona: Recipes from Arizona's Favorite Resorts & Restaurants

By Marjorie Scaffidi
Treasure Chest Books - 1992


(1 recipe review)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 1 book review

Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate

By Alice Medrich, Deborah Jones
Artisan - 2003


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 16 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Blue Strawbery Cookbook: Cooking (Brilliantly) Without Recipes

By James Haller
Harvard Common Pr - 1978


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill Cookbook: Explosive Flavors from the Southwestern Kitchen

By Bobby Flay
Clarkson Potter - 2007


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 28 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The Bon Appetit Cookbook

By Barbara Fairchild
Wiley - 2006


(1 recipe review)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Bon Appetit Weekend Entertaining: A Cookbook, Menu Planner & Entertaining Sourcebook for Occasions Large or Small, Casual or Elegant

By Bon Appetit Editors
Pantheon - 1999


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 1 book review

The Bread Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
W.W. Norton & Co. - 2003


(18 recipe reviews)
owned by 66 my recipe reviews 1 book review

The Cake Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1988


(37 recipe reviews)
owned by 98 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Celebrations, Italian Style: Recipes and Menus for Special Occasions and Seasons of the Year

By Mary Ann Esposito, Tomie dePaola
Hearst Books - 1995


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Ciao Italia

By Mary Ann Esposito
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1991


(7 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Ciao Italia in Tuscany: Traditional Recipes from One of Italy's Most Famous Regions

By Mary Ann Esposito
St. Martin's Press - 2003


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Ciao Italia in Umbria: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Italy

By Mary Ann Esposito
St. Martin's Press - 2002


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2000


(1 recipe review)
owned by 16 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2003

By
Oxmoor House - 2002


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

Cooking Light Five Star Recipes: The Best of 10 Years

By Leisure Arts
Oxmoor House - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 6 my recipe reviews 0

Debbi Fields' Great American Desserts: 100 Mouthwatering Easy-to-Prepare Recipes

By Debbi Fields
Simon & Schuster - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Dessert Circus at Home: Fun, Fanciful, And Easy-To-make Desserts

By Jacques Torres
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1999


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 8 my recipe reviews 0

Dessert Circus: Extraordinary Desserts You Can Make At Home (Pbs Series)

By Jacques Torres
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 1

The Dessert Lover's Cookbook

By Marlene Sorosky
Harpercollins - 1989


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Ducasse Flavors of France

By Alain Ducasse, Linda Dannenberg
Artisan - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Emeril's Creole Christmas

By Emeril Lagasse
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking

By Emeril Lagasse, Jessie Tirsch
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1993


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 16 my recipe reviews 0

Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril

By Emeril Lagasse, Pam Hoenig, Brian Smale
HarperCollins Canada / Non-Fiction - 1998


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 14 my recipe reviews 0

Essential Cake Decorator

By Janice Murfitt
Smithmark Publishers - 1994


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 2 my recipe reviews 0

Fannie Farmer Cookbook, 11th ed.

By Fannie Farmer (rev. Wilma Lord Perkins)
Little, Brown and Company - 1965


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 4 my recipe reviews 0

Fiesta Latina: Fabulous Food for Sizzling Parties

By Rafael Palomino, Arlen Gargagliano
Chronicle Books - 2006


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Four-Star Desserts

By Emily Luchetti
HarperCollins Publishers - 1996


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 5 my recipe reviews 0

The French Laundry Cookbook

By Thomas Keller, Deborah Jones
Artisan - 1999


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 71 my recipe reviews 0

Gale Gand's Just a Bite: 125 Luscious Little Desserts

By Gale Gand, Julia Moskin, Tim Turner
Clarkson Potter - 2001


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 0

Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking

By Giuliano Bugialli
Fireside - 1989


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 1 my recipe reviews 0

Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook

By Zoe Coulson
Hearst Books - 1980


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 10 book review

Great Cookies: Secrets to Sensational Sweets

By Carole Walter
Clarkson Potter - 2003


(1 recipe review)
owned by 18 my recipe reviews 0