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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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Great German-American Feasts

By Nancy G. Cortner, Jane Garmey
Taylor Pub - 1988


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

Jacques Torres' A Year in Chocolate: 80 Recipes for Holidays and Special Occasions

By Jacques Torres, Judith Choate
Stewart, Tabori & Chang - 2008


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 7 my recipe reviews 0

Julia Child's Menu Cookbook

By Julia Child, E. S. Yntema
Random House/Wings Books - 1991


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 9 my recipe reviews 0

La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio: Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

By Wanda Tornabene
Knopf - 1996


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

Lidia's Italy: 140 Simple and Delicious Recipes from the Ten Places in Italy Lidia Loves Most

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Tanya Bastianich Manuali
Knopf - 2007


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 19 my recipe reviews 0 book review

The New Making of a Cook: The Art, Techniques, And Science Of Good Cooking

By Madeleine Kamman
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 13 my recipe reviews 0

A Passion for Chocolate

By Maurice Bernachon, Jean-Jacques Bernachon, Maria Guarnaschelli, Vincent Lee, Rose Levy Beranbaum
William Morrow & Company - 1989


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

The Professional Pastry Chef (3rd Edition)

By Bo Friberg
Wiley - 1995


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

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
Pelican Publishing Company - 1984


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

The Settlement Cookbook

By Simon Kander
Simon & Schuster - 1976


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 my recipe reviews 0

Stew Leonard's Winning Recipes Cookbook

By Stew Leonard Jr.
Kimberly Press - 2005


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

Stew Leonard's You Can Do It! Cookbook

By Stew Leonard, Jr. Bryan Miller
Kimberly Press - 1998


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

Tea and Crumpets: Recipes and Rituals from Tea Rooms and Cafes

By Margaret Johnson, Leigh Beisch
Chronicle Books - 2009


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

Vatch's Southeast Asian Cookbook

By Vatcharin Bhumichitr
St. Martin's Griffin - 2000


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

The Seafood Cookbook: Classic to Contemporary

By Pierre Franey, Bryan Miller, Lauren Jarrett
Times Books, a division of Random House Inc. - 1986


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

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

The Whole Foods Market Cookbook: A Guide ot Natural Foods with 350 Recipes

By Steve Petusevsky, Whole Foods Team Members
Clarkson Potter - 2002


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

The Silver Spoon

By Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press - 2005


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 78 my recipe reviews 0

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

Nella Cucina: More Italian Cooking from the Host of Ciao Italia

By Mary Ann Esposito, Lauren Jarrett
Morrow Cookbooks - 1993


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

The New Basics Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Workman Publishing Company - 1989


(55 recipe reviews)
owned by 90 my recipe reviews 1

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

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

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2000


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

The Hay Day Country Market Cookbook

By Kim Rizk
Workman Publishing Company - 1998


(1 recipe review)
owned by 10 my recipe reviews 1 book review

How to Bake: Complete Guide to Perfect Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Tarts, Breads, Pizzas, Muffins,

By Nick Malgieri
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1995


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

Lidia's Family Table: More Than 200 Fabulous Recipes to Enjoy Every Day-With Wonderful Ideas for Variations and Improvisations

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Knopf - 2004


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 25 my recipe reviews 0 book review

Nathalie Dupree's Southern Memories: Recipes and Reminiscences

By Nathalie Dupree, Tom Eckerle
University of Georgia Press - 2004


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