Most Popular Books by Shelley Lance

New York Times–Bestseller and James Beard Award Nominee: "Warning: The . . . mouthwatering photos and evocative prose in this book may induce a baking frenzy." — Fine Cooking When it comes to delectable, freshly baked cakes, pies, cookies, and muffins, nobody beats the world-famous Dahlia Bakery of Seattle, Washington. Owner, Iron Chef winner, and multiple James Beard Award recipient Tom Douglas offers up the best-loved recipes from this incomparable bread and pastries mecca in The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook—featuring everything from breakfast to cookies and cake to soups and jams—demonstrating why the West Coast wonder has long been a favorite of foodies and celebrities like Food Network''s Giada De Laurentiis and Serious Eats founder Ed Levine. Make 125 scrumptious treats including: The "Seattle" English muffin sandwich with cured wild salmon Toasted hazelnut whole wheat scones with maple glaze Tom''s favorite coconut macaroons Tangy lemon meringue tart Carrot cupcakes with brown butter cream cheese frosting The Best Crème Caramel in the World Oregon Pinot Noir raspberry sorbet Peach vanilla jam, and more

Where do you get the best crab cakes? Ask one hundred different people and you''ll likely get one hundred different answers. Some swear by classic Chesapeake Bay crab cakes, and some by spicy Creole crab cakes, while others maintain that Pacific Northwest crab cakes can''t be beat. In I Love Crab Cakes!, award-winning chef and cookbook author Tom Douglas brings the best of East, West, and Gulf coasts to the table and proves that the most delicious crab cakes of all come straight from your home kitchen. Tom thoroughly examines every thorny, crab cake–related issue. Bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, panko, or no crumbs at all? What kind of crabmeat: Dungeness, king, or Peeky Toe? Are the best crab cakes pan-fried, deep-fried, or not even cooked? Tom offers up dozens of his famous crab cake recipes, including classic crab cakes from East and West, North and South, plus newer innovations such as Wild Ginger Crab Cakes, Pesto Risotto Crab Cakes, and Crab Louie Cheesecakes. There are crab cake sandwiches, breakfast crab cakes, and crab cake sauces and salsas.