This book is not like my other books. Sadly, this book will not help you put dinner on the table, but it will bring you joy, as this book is a dessert book, a baking book. Or, more accurately, a dessert book that has savory recipes (there’s at least one anchovy appearance, and of course, dill was invited). Or, a baking book that has no-bake recipes (I love pudding and it never goes in the oven).

I like to say that this is a dessert book for people who don’t do desserts– you know the type. The ones who say they don’t want any dessert but eat half the key lime pie when it shows up (me, I am describing me). The “I can roast a chicken but I can’t bake” people, the “I just want one really solid recipe for a chocolate cake that doesn’t require any equipment or skill but otherwise might never bake anything else again” people.

It’s a book where most recipes fit on one page and if you don’t own an electric mixer, you can still make most things inside. Just like my other books, I made everything you see on the pages– no food styling, no photo-ready anything, just imperfect, slightly “rustic” (messy?) desserts that will hopefully mirror the delightful quirkiness of whatever comes out of your own kitchen.

If you bake once a year, if you bake every weekend, if you will never bake but simply love gorgeous photography and essays about fruit-- this book is for you.