"When you eat Christine Moore's food, you feel happy and well served by life." -- Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, Los Angeles Times One of California's most acclaimed bakers is sharing her very best recipes, all adapted and carefully tested for the home cook. Extensively photographed and rich with Christine Moore's down-home warmth and wisdom, it inspires home cooks to make her rustically beautiful, always delicious cookies, cakes, pastries, savory baked goods, breads, rolls, bars, puddings, and so much more. Little Flower Baking is beautifully packaged, and every recipe has its own gorgeous photo--a rarity in cookbooks, and a great boon for the home baker.
About the Author
Christine Moore is the owner of the Little Flower Candy Co. and the chef/owner of Little Flower cafe and Lincoln restaurant, both in Pasadena, California. A pastry chef who trained in Paris and Los Angeles, Moore is also author of Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe, which was one of Food52's 16 Best Cookbooks of 2012 and won praise from Jonathan Gold, David Lebovitz, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. She sells her candy nationwide and has developed a passionate following for her simple, exceptionally flavorful baked goods and cafe food at both restaurants. Co-author Cecilia Leung baked at Spago, JiRaffe, and Grace. Los Angeles-based photographer Staci Valentine has also photographed such books as The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen, Das Cookbook, Tomatomania, and Masumoto: Perfect Peach. Photo stylist Jeanne Kelley is the author of several cookbooks, including The Portable Feast, Kitchen Garden, and Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes.
