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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

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 Way to Cook

By Julia Child
Knopf - 1993


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 62 my recipe reviews 1

Vatch's Southeast Asian Cookbook

By Vatcharin Bhumichitr
St. Martin's Griffin - 2000


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 3 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

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

Stew Leonard's Winning Recipes Cookbook

By Stew Leonard Jr.
Kimberly Press - 2005


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

The Silver Spoon

By Phaidon Press
Phaidon Press - 2005


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

The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Sarah Leah Chase
Workman Publishing Company - 1985


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 64 my recipe reviews 1 book review

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Michael McLaughlin
Workman Publishing Company - 1982


(42 recipe reviews)
owned by 80 my recipe reviews 15 book review

The Settlement Cookbook

By Simon Kander
Simon & Schuster - 1976


(0 recipe reviews)
owned by 12 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

Rose's Heavenly Cakes

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Wiley - 2009


(35 recipe reviews)
owned by 67 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Rose's Christmas Cookies

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1998


(18 recipe reviews)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran's Chocolates

By Fran Bigelow, Helene Siegel
Broadway - 2004


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

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli
Pelican Publishing Company - 1984


(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

The Pie and Pastry Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum
Scribner - 1998


(108 recipe reviews)
owned by 81 my recipe reviews 1 book review

Peter Reinhart's Artisan Breads Every Day

By Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press - 2009


(164 recipe reviews)
owned by 113 my recipe reviews 1

Perfect Recipes for Having People Over

By Pam Anderson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2005


(13 recipe reviews)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 0

The Perfect Recipe

By Pam Anderson Executive Editor, Judith D. Love
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - 2001


(3 recipe reviews)
owned by 17 my recipe reviews 2 book review

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 Paris Cookbook

By Patricia Wells
William Morrow Cookbooks - 2001


(1 recipe review)
owned by 27 my recipe reviews 1 book review

New York Cookbook: From Pelham Bay to Park Avenue, Firehouses to Four-Star Restaurants

By Molly O'Neill
Workman Publishing Company - 1992


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 my recipe reviews 0

The New Spanish Table

By Anya von Bremzen
Workman Publishing Company - 2005


(1 recipe review)
owned by 22 my recipe reviews 0

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

The New Basics Cookbook

By Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins
Workman Publishing Company - 1989


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

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

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

Mexico One Plate At A Time

By Rick Bayless
Scribner - 2000


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 42 my recipe reviews 0

Martha Stewart's Pies & Tarts

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1992


(6 recipe reviews)
owned by 11 my recipe reviews 5 book review

Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook

By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter - 1999


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

The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook

By Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Clarkson Potter - 2000


(4 recipe reviews)
owned by 21 my recipe reviews 3 book review

Marcella Cucina

By Marcella Hazan
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1997


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

Louisiana Real and Rustic

By Emeril Lagasse
William Morrow Cookbooks - 1996


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

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

Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen

By Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Knopf - 2001


(10 recipe reviews)
owned by 32 my recipe reviews 0

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

La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio: Gangivecchio's Sicilian Kitchen

By Wanda Tornabene
Knopf - 1996


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

The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook

By King Arthur Flour
Countryman Press - 2003


(18 recipe reviews)
owned by 69 my recipe reviews 3 book review

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

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home

By Julia Child, Jacques Pepin
Knopf - 1999


(11 recipe reviews)
owned by 52 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

How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques

By Steven Raichlen
Workman Publishing Company - 2001


(2 recipe reviews)
owned by 20 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

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

Great Good Food: Luscious Lower-Fat Cooking

By Julee Rosso
Three Rivers Press - 1993


(30 recipe reviews)
owned by 28 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

Great Cookies: Secrets to Sensational Sweets

By Carole Walter
Clarkson Potter - 2003


(1 recipe review)
owned by 18 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

Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking

By Giuliano Bugialli
Fireside - 1989


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