OP: Sweet Miniatures (signed first printing)

William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed first printing.

One of the most exciting things about a miniature dessert, in addition to their quaint daintiness, is the confidence that you’ll never be expected to share something so small. The tiny treat is yours and yours alone.

Flo Braker’s second book, Sweet Miniatures (1991), is the ideal book for party bakers, or stingy dessert-eaters. The author reveals her astuteness with the range of items in each category—cookies, pastries, cakes—satisfying most occasion-specific needs (ie, buttoned-up Neapolitan wedges, elegant Calypso Swiss rolls, demure pecan sandies) and indicating in the recipe titles what kind of craving it might sate (ie, chewy meringue bubbles, spicy springerle cookies, flaky cheese puffs). Of course, mixing and matching is the greatest crowd-pleaser of all.

Braker’s instructional rigor coaxes confidence from any level of committed baker, and her books never disappoint.

We’re pleased to offer a signed first printing. Near Fine with very minimal shelfwear. Color photograph insert.