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~ The Best 'Recipes Chocolate Mint' ~?

I absolutely love "Chocolate Mint flavors' that time of year. Does anyone have any good recipes? It may be Mint Chocolate ~ cookies, cakes, pies, drinks (non alcoholic please) Thanks so much! =)

Mint Chocolate Fudge SUBMITTED BY: Susan Photo By: pandaprissy "If you love chocolate and mint together and want some thing to satisfy your sweet tooth, this fudge coating will do! White Confectioners' can be found in candy stores in supply, or it may called Almond Bark. "Preparation time 10 Min COOK TIME 15 Min ready in 45 minutes Servings & SCALING Original recipe yield: 1 3 / 4 pound U.S. METRIC About scaling and conversions INGREDIENTS 2 cups chocolate chips semisweet 1 (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk, divided 2 c. Tea vanilla extract 1 cup white confectioners coating '1 table peppermint extract 1 drop green food coloring (optional) Preparation Line a square 8 or 9 inch pan with waxed paper. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips with 1 cup sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Spread half of mixture into prepared pan; cooling to 10 minutes or until firm. Reserve mixture remaining chocolate at room temperature. In another heavy saucepan over low heat, melt white confectioners coating and other sweetened condensed milk (Mixture will be thick.) Stir in peppermint extract and food coloring. Spread this mixture over the chilled chocolate layer; Chill 10 minutes, or until firm. Spread reserved chocolate mixture on mint layer, chill 2 hours or until firm.

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Mud Pies and Other Recipes $10.52 Mud Pies and Other Recipes

Whoopie Pies: $9.67 Move over cupcakes – whoopie pies have come to town! Not quite a cake, not quite a cookie, these delightfully squidgy treats are the new baking craze sweeping the world. Originally an Amish tradition, they can be enjoyed in a variety of flavours with different fillings. Classic Pies are the perfect indulgence. Deliciously simple recipes include Classic Chocolate and Marshmallow Fluff Pies, Pumpkin Pies, Red Velvet Pies and Pecan Pies. A chapter of less conventional but no less delicious Fruity Pies boasts a juicy Raspberry and Cream Pie, Key Lime Jelly Pie, Lemon Sherbet Pie and Banoffee Pie. Luxury Pies make perfect home-baked gifts and include chocolate-box pretty Rose and Violet Pies, refreshingly minty Grasshopper Pies, creamy Coconut Cloud Pies or grown-up Almond and Amaretto Pies, perfect for dessert with a cup of coffee. Ideal for any celebration, Party Pies offers plenty of creative inspiration. Try a Giant Whoopie Birthday Pie, a towering rainbow-hued Whoopie Pie Croquembouche or elegant Oyster Pies, each one complete with its own sugar pearl. Get baking today and create your own whoopie pie sensations.

Pies and Tarts: $11.84 Filled with fruit pies, custard pies, and elegant tarts galore, there is something for everyone inside this cookbook shaped and sized just like the pies and tarts pictured inside. 92 percent of Americans enjoy eating pie. Three out of four Americans overwhelmingly prefer homemade pie, and now with this cookbook, they can create over 60 delicious recipes. Whether you're craving the comfort of an old favorite, such as Apple Pie, Blueberry Pie, or Chocolate Meringue Pie, or you're looking for something fresh and unique to bring to your next party, such as Blackberry & Hazelnut Streusel Tart or Banoffee Pie, you'll find what you're looking for inside these beautiful, pie-shaped pages. Unique, eye-catching, fun format Amazing lush photos in the actual size and shape of the finished pies 60 different delicious recipes inside Quick, easy-to-make desserts Easy-to-follow recipes and instructions Step-by-step photos show how to prepare basic doughs, how to fit them into the pan, and how to spread the toppings Great for getting kids into the kitchen and interested in cooking! Delight your friends and family with scrumptious, fresh-from-the-oven, homemade pies and tarts! According to a survey by Crisco and the American Pie Council

Mini Pies: $9.94 A Cute Full-Color Guide to Creating America's Hottest New Desser--Cupcake-Sized Mini Pies What's a hip baker to do with her cupcake pan now that serving those frosted nightmares is about as cool as wearing Uggs while hostessing a Sex and the City 2 movie night? Make mini pies! Featuring 60 enticing color photographs, this book shows you how to use that same cupcake pan to bake the newest, most awesome dessert—mini pies. Offering step-by-step recipes along with tips, tricks, and techniques for mini pie success, this book teaches you how to make flaky crusts and luscious fillings that will combine into mouth-watering petite pies. You will learn how to capture all the delicious flavor of a traditional pie while gaining the adorable look and eat-out-of-your-hand convenience of a cupcake. From beloved favorites like pumpkin, apple, and pecan, to more creative flavors such as Raspberry Rhubarb Whiskey, Chocolate Chipotle, and Cranberry Almond Pistachio, Mini Pies presents recipes to please any palate.

Killer Pies: $10.16 Key Lime... Peach blackberry... Sour cream raisin... Maple walnut...Chocolate pecan... Killer Pies presents 50 fresh-baked recipes from award-winning bakers across North America. These passionate pie masters share their fail-proof methods for producing flaky perfection in delicious, unforgettable variations on this classic dessert. Luscious color photographs accompany each tried-and-true recipe--along with a regional guide to the diners, cafes, bakeries, and farms that serve up the originals. Stuffed with the tastiest ingredients from Santa Fe to Winnipeg, Killer Pies serves up a sweet filling of mouthwatering satisfaction!

Tarts and Pies $20.96 Philippa Vanstone, a former pastry chef turned cookery writer and food stylist who has worked with some of the country’s top photographers, tackles the subject of tarts and pies with enthusiasm and gives a fascinating historical background to every recipe. Philippa has a passion for pastry and sweet creations and she has now committed to paper her most treasured collection of recipes, in this book. There are classics such as Lemon Meringue Pie, Apple Pies, Cherry Clafoutis, Gooseberry Pie, Banoffee Pie and Lemon Tart, as well as modern day delights such Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pie, Ice Cream Pie and Pistachio Tart. There are over 150 recipes, many photographed in full colour, in what is destined to be a pastry cook’s bible.

Whoopie Pies $11.42 Is it a cake? Is it a cookie? With such deliciously soft and sweet cream-filled snacks, does it matter? The Internet is abuzz with recipes and stories of whoopie pie folklore, while customers everywhere are descending on bakeries in droves demanding these delectable treats. This adorable volume--the only cookbook devoted entirely to whoopie pies--features more than 40 mix-and-match recipes, including chocolate with marshmallow cream (the classic whoopie pie) and a range of bright flavors such as green tea, red velvet, pumpkin with a tangy cream cheese filling, and oatmeal with maple-bacon buttercream. With a puffy cover as soft as cake, plenty of color photos and hand-drawn illustrations, dozens of DIY decorating instructions, fun facts and baking tips, Whoopie Pies will make a welcome addition to any baker’s bookshelf.

300 Best Chocolate Recipes $12.96 All the rich delights of chocolate captured in one volume of decadence. Only chocolate is so rich, smooth and satisfying for so many of us. Whether bittersweet, semisweet, milk or white, there is a chocolate for everyone to love. Square or chip, grated or melted, the world's favorite baking ingredient is chocolate. 300 Best Chocolate Recipes is an outstanding collection of chocolate recipes originally published in two books, 125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes and 125 Best Chocolate Recipes. This delicious array of recipes ranges from the traditional to the sophisticated, and from the simple to the challenging. Featuring incredibly creative and luscious recipes for everything from cakes, cookies, pies, breads, puddings, bars, squares and muffins to hot and cold beverages and sauces, these are fail-safe recipes for a baker with any level of experience. Here is a sampling: Chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons Raspberry chocolate chip cookies High-octane espresso chip morning muffins Chocolate mousse cake Double chocolate cheesecake ice cream. Every recipe is easy to follow -- and works to perfection every time.

Bubby's Homemade Pies $19.76 One of my fondest childhood memories is of my aunt's pies cooling on the window sill, while father sat with his deputy . . . wait . . . that might be Opie Taylor. If you love pie, and I can only assume you do, Bubby's pies are the best. I'm eating one right now.—Jon StewartI almost ate the book! If my bubby made pies like this, I'd weigh 400 pounds.—Billy Crystal Frequented by New Yorkers, tourists, and celebrities, Bubby's is the New York institution for down-home food and peerless homemade pie. Now, Bubby's founder Ron Silver, along with Jen Bervin, shows how to re-create the flavors of Bubby's famous pies in your own kitchen with this definitive pie compendium.Like a good pie, Bubby's Homemade Pies begins with the crust. The first chapter offers more than 15 recipes, including flaky butter crusts, sweet crumb cookie crusts, and savory herb and cheese crusts. With detailed illustrations of how to mix, roll out, and crimp, vent, or lattice your crusts, your pies will taste and look perfect. Over 100 spectacular pie recipes follow, offering a cornucopia of choices—fruit pies for all seasons, savory pies, deep-dish desserts, fried pies and turnovers, cream and custard pies, and ice cream pies. Inspired by recipes from grandmothers, accomplished bakers, and classic cookbooks, these pies have all been tested and perfected in Bubby's kitchens—and represent the very best of the pie-maker's art. Classic pies, like cherry or pecan, will comfort and remind you of your happiest pie memories, while variations, like Bluebarb Pie, Concord Grape Pie, Wild Ramps and Stilton Pie, Bubby's Original Peanut Butter–Chocolate Pie, and Beef Chuck Chili Pie, will amaze your imagination and taste buds.

50 Best Chocolate Recipes $4.16 Most of American's favorites desserts include chocolate. Whether you prefer dark, milk or white chocolate, there's something for everyone. Learn to make amazing chocolate fudge brownies that will astonish your guests; cakes and pies that everyone will enjoy at holiday parties; toppings and sauces that will make your favorite ice cream sundae complete; and last but not least, learn to make the fancy truffles and mouth watering toffee that you can only find in a candy store. Perfect for the chocolate lover in your family!

Chocolate: 500 Classic Recipes $19.78 This incredible collection of 500 indulgent recipes is an absolute must for all chocolate lovers. The book encompasses chocolate in all its forms -- melted, tempered, piped, drizzled, marbled, grated, curled and even sculpted -- with an amazing wealth of ideas for using chocolate in cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, brownies, muffins, hot and cold desserts, ice creams, drinks, fudges, sweets and candies.For those who fancy a special treat in the afternoon, there are hundreds of teatime favourites, such as marbled Swiss roll, chocolate chip oat cookies and marbled brownies, while for more special occasions there are inspirational creations such as strawberry chocolate valentine cake, pears in chocolate fudge blankets and truffle-filled Easter eggs. Delectable desserts include luxury chocolate mousse, chocolate amaretto maquise and chocolate pavlova with chocolate curls and fruits, while after-dinner treats include chocolate truffles, double chocolate-dipped fruit and chocolate fudge triangles.Working with chocolate requires a mastery of certain techniques, particularly relating to melting and decorating, and the book is filled with handy hints and tips throughout, explaining what types of chocolate are best for each recipe, how to prepare the chocolate, special advice about testing chocolate, plus time-saving tips and creative recipe variations. All the dishes also include an analysis at the bottom of the page so that you can see the complete nutritional content at a glance.With its incredible range of sinfully sumptuous recipes and over 520 exquisite colour photographs showcasing chocolate in all its glory, this irresistible book is an essential addition to every chocolate lover's kitchen bookshelf.

250 Best Cakes & Pies $13.26 The ultimate collection of cake and pie recipes. Find the perfect cake or pie to suit any occasion in 250 Best Cakes and Pies-- from chocolate cakes, cheesecakes, coffeecakes, sponge cakes, fruit pies, cream pies along with frostings, fillings and glazes. Also included are detailed and easy-to-follow instructions for preparing perfect pie crusts. Create bakery classics like Boston Cream Pie, New York Style Cheesecake and Lemon Cream Meringue Pie. Take a new spin on an old classic with Baked Alaska Loaf or the home-inspired goodness of Mom's Sour Cream Chocolate Layer Cake and Upside-Down Apple Pie. An after-school special that everyone can enjoy is easy and delicious Pineapple Carrot Cake. There are extensive baking tips and techniques. Novice cooks soon find that baking a cake or pie is not the challenge once imagined. Brody's baking experience and wonderfully inventive recipes make 250 Best Cakes and Pies an important baking reference.

A Passion For Chocolate $13.56 Scrumptious recipes using chocolate as the main ingredient for pies, cakes, ice cream, sauces, desserts and candies. 53 recipes.

125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes $13.26 All resistance is futile. Nestle(tm) first invented chocolate morsels (the first chocolate chip) in 1939, after discovering the first chocolate chip cookie recipe which was created at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts by Ruth Wakefield. With a deal for the rights to the recipe The Famous Toll House Cookie was born. You will be amazed by all of the delicious opportunities the chocolate chip delivers. Chocolate chips are specially formulated to retain their taste in any recipe and give off bursts of intense flavor during the cooking process. 125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes features superb, imaginative and fail-safe recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, breads, puddings, bars and squares, muffins, hot and cold beverages and extraordinary sauces. For hot summer days, imagine a Blended Mocha Frappe or Chocolate Malted Moothie. For cold winter nights, there is a Hot Chocolate Chai Latte. Start the day right with Chocolate Chip Oat Breakfast Biscuits, Chocolate Chip Hotcakes or Chocolate Orange French Toast for a weekend brunch. Children will adore the Chocolate Mousse Filled Cupcakes, Chocolate Dipped Pretzels and Chocolate Chip Cherry Bars. Adults will swoon over the Chocolate Espresso Lava Cake that was featured on the Today Show. If you find yourself with a bumper crop of zucchini, be sure to make Double Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Cookie recipes include The Quintessential Chocolate Chip Cookie, Double Chocolate Mint Chunkers and Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroons. These recipes are so good that the cookies will never make it to a cookie jar.

365 Great Cakes & Pies $7.98 Best seller! An eighteenth contribution to the popular series features a ring-binder format and such recipes as Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake, Raspberry Princess Cake, Iced Cappucino Cupcakes, and Caramel Ginger Walnut Tarts with Chocolate Cognac Glaze.

The Complete Book of Pies $15.71 What could be better than a fresh summer pie brimming with sweet ripe fruit, or a steaming chicken pot pie? Baking a homemade pie from scratch is surprisingly easy with Julie Hasson's guidance, and the results are rewarding.The Complete Book of Pies is like having your grandmother in the kitchen with you. The entire pie-making process is covered in easy-to-follow detail from start to finish. The book is filled with hundreds of recipes for fruit, cream and savory pies along with dozens of special tips and time-saving shortcuts to help make pie-baking a breeze. There are tips for making dough and rolling it; ideas for decorative pie tops; and quick and easy alternatives to pastry dough.These luscious recipes are among the many that are sure to please:Apple cranberry spice crumb pie, brown sugar apple pie with almond crumb toppingBlueberry pie, boysenberry pie, bumbleberry crumb pie, peach pie, sour cherry pieWhite chocolate key lime pie, chocolate cream pie, butterscotch cream pie, coconut cream pieChocolate chip pecan pie, rum pecan pie, chocolate truffle tart, chocolate peanut butter mousse pieCaramelized onion, thyme and olive tart, quiche lorraine, chicken pot pie with mushrooms and leeks.Both the novice and experienced baker will benefit from the author's extensive baking expertise. Sixteen pages of color photographs and extensive illustrations provide baking guidance and inspiration. The Complete Book of Pies is a basic reference for any home baker.

Savory To Sweet Pies & Tarts $5.98 Savory to Sweet: Pies & Tarts is an irresistible introduction to the lively art of pastry making. The comprehensive introduction includes detailed instructions on mixing and rolling pastry, utilizing ready-made pastry, a guide to baking unfilled pastry shells, and advice on equipment and baking dishes. The recipes include such classic favorites as Summer Fruit Tartlets, Rosemary Tarte Tatin, and Quiche Lorraine and more unusual dishes, such as Rum and Butterscotch Tart, Chocolate Mousse Tart, and Wild Mushroom and Oregano Baguettes. Many of the recipes include pastry tantalizingly flavored with added ingredients such as herbs, spices, ground nuts, and citrus zest that make the most of the mouth watering fillings. Baking has never been so simple, so imaginative, or so appetizing.

125 Best Chocolate Chip Recipes $120.92 125 chocolate chip recipes for cakes, cookies, pies, breads, puddings, bars and squares, muffins, hot and cold beverages and sauces.

300 Best Chocolate Recipes $51.5 300 recipes using chocolate for all types of cooking: cakes, cookies, pies, bread, puddings, bars, squares, muffins, beverages, sauces. Recipes are easy to follow and fail-safe.

A Celebration of Gluten Free Baking $15.9 Just when you thought you had to say goodbye to all your favorite desserts, A Celebration of Gluten Free Baking presents an innovative selection of irresistible and delicious corn, soy and gluten free recipes, covering everything from American favorites to European specialties. You will find a wide varity of tempting, healthy options, made without any conventional sugars ranging from cookies, breads and traditional pies, to sophisticated cakes and tortes. Highlighted are everyone''s favorites such as apple pie, cheese cake, chocolate chip cookies, right along side such delicacies as marzipan, traditional German gingerbread, British tea scones and European fruit tortes. For all those interested in raw food options, the authors have included a chapter showcasing several of their family''s favorite raw desserts. Rediscover the joys of home-made desserts with this indispensable gluten free guide!

Authentic Mexican $32.5 Americans have at last discovered Mexico's passion for exciting food. We've fallen in love with the great Mexican combination of rich, earthy flavors and casual, festive dining. But we don't begin to imagine how sumptuous and varied the cooking of Mexico really is. After ten years of loving exploration, Rick Bayless, together with his wife, Deann, gave us Authentic Mexican, this now classic, easy-to-use compendium of our southern neighbor's cooking. This all-embracing cookbook offers the full range of dishes, from poultry, meat, fish, rice, beans, and vegetables to eggs, snacks made of corn masa, tacos, turnovers, enchiladas and their relatives, tamales, and moles, ending with desserts, sweets, and beverages. There are irresistible finger foods such as Yucatecan marinated shrimp tacos and crispy cheese-filled masa turnovers; spicy corn chowder and chorizo sausage with melted cheese will start off a special dinner; you will find mole poblano, charcoal-grilled pork in red-chile adobo, and marinated fish steamed in banana leaves for those times when you want to celebrate; and exotic ice creams, caramel custards, and pies to top off any meal. There's even a section devoted to refreshing coolers, rich chocolate drinks, and a variety of tequila-laced cocktails. The master recipes feature all the pointers you'll need for re-creating genuine Mexican textures and flavors in a North American kitchen. Menu suggestions and timing and advance-preparation tips make these dishes perfectly convenient for today's working families. And traditional and contemporary variations accompany each recipe, allowing the cook to substitute and be creative. Rick and Deann Baylesstraveled more than thirty-five thousand miles investigating the six distinct regions of Mexico and learning to prepare what they found. From town to town, recipe by recipe, they personally introduce you to Mexico's cooks, their kitchens, their markets, and their feasts. If, like the res

Betty Crocker Baking For Today $1.01 Bake with the best! Come celebrate the 125th anniversary of one of America's favorite kitchen ingredients Gold Medal Flour, the award-winning flour that's been a kitchen staple for generations. In Baking for Today, Gold Medal Flour and Betty Crocker come together to create an irresistible collection of classic and contemporary recipes that are perfect for you and your family's busy schedule. From easy cookies and pies to bread recipes that are the perfect way to de-stress after a hectic week, Baking for Today makes baking delicious and fun. It's the cookbook you'll turn to for years to come! 150 delectable recipes, from Apple Crisp, Gingerbread and other classics to fresh ideas like Blue Cornmeal Muffins, Pear-Nut Scones and Garlic and Asiago Loaves Wide assortment of sweets and treats, including main courses, cookies, cakes and pies, breads and biscuits, regional favorites and more Kid-friendly dishes everyone will love, like Cheesy Pretzels, Pepperoni Spinners and Chocolate Teddy Bear Pops Award-winning desserts like White Chocolate Mousse Raspberry Pie and Cinnamon Shortcakes with Warm Blueberry Sauce Tips and advice on equipment, ingredients, serving and storage, plus information on baking traditions and Gold Medal Flour's rich history and heritage

Betty Crocker's Best of Baking $10.19 Betty Crocker s Best of Baking When you want to bake the best, who do you turn to? Betty Crocker! Whether you are looking for fudgy brownies, luscious cakes, warm-from-the-oven muffins or tempting cookies, you can trust Betty Crocker to have the best recipes. The more than 350 recipes here cover your baking needs, from simple treats to special holiday desserts. And, there s also a special chapter on main and side dishes to perk up your meals. You ll find helpful tips and information on baking to help turn you into a pro. Learn how to make a pie crust, frost a cake, make a perfect loaf of bread and so much more! With Betty Crocker as a guide, baking is a breeze. The book starts with breads from yeast breads to quick breads to bread machine recipes, just about everything you d want is right here. Then head on to an entire chapter on cookies, from old favorites such as chocolate chip cookies to great new ideas such as Peachy Pinwheels. Next, enjoy main dishes and side dishes try Rustic Pizza Pie, Supper Popover or Spinach Phyllo Pie to spice up dinner. Ready for dessert? There s a whole chapter! Savor pies and cakes that range from the comforting to the exotic: Bittersweet Chocolate Cheesecake with White Truffle Sauce, Caramel-Pecan Torte, Blueberry Pie or Blushing Peach Pie. We have also included an entire chapter on baking with kids it s fun as well as delicious! You and your kids will love baking Mystery Cake, Elephant Ears, Cheesy Pretzels or any of the other recipes. Finally, there s a chapter on holiday baking everyone s favorite! Make Classic Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving or a fancy B che de No l for Christmas. Youcan also try our main dish ideas for the holidays it s always welcome to have new ideas for entertaining. Betty Crocker s Best of Baking is a book for everyone, whether a new or experienced baker. It s chock-full of favorite recipes and new ideas to me

Celebrate with Chocolate: Totally Over-The-Top Recipes $4.98 Who can resist the lure of chocolate? In this rich new cookbook, award-winning pastry chef Desaulniers offers the biggest and best collection of recipes for chocolate desserts available--dozens of incredible treats of every variety, from cakes to cookies and pudding pops to pies. 16 page photo insert.

Celebrating Cobblers and Pies $14.95 This book is a collection of delicious homemade cobblers and pies. There are cobblers and pies with fresh fruit, pies with jam and preserves, pies for people who love chocolate, and pies for people who are nuts about nuts. Recipes offer the reader modern twists on well known classics, are easy to make at home, and make use of natural ingredients. Even someone who has never made a pie before will be surprised to discover just how easy it is. Longtime pie-makers will be equally delighted to discover lots of new options. When it comes to pie making, the only limits are the cook''s imagination and the ingredients on hand in the pantry.

Chocolate & Peanut Butter $25.14 CQ PRODUCTS-A Love Affair: Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookbook. Does peanut butter set your heart aflutter? Does chocolate make you melt? Then the recipes in this little cookbook will let you experience love at first bite again and again. From brownies to cakes to pies and more-there is something for everyone! Twenty- eight recipes in all! Easy to follow; step-by-step instructions and color photos make it a breeze to put together these decadent desserts. Spiral-Bound: 60 pages. Made in USA.

Chocolate! $7.28 Calling all chocoholics! With 150 recipes for cakes, cookies, cupcakes, pies, tarts, breads, beverages, and frostings, Good Housekeeping has created the chocolate lover's dream collection. Full color. Concealed spiral binding.

Chocolate! $3.49 Caution to the weak-willed: This book is about rich, shameless indulgence- for anyone who believes chocolate is its own food group. Chocolate! Celebrates the oozing, sweet-toothed versatility of this beloved ingredient in all its pleasurable forms, from the lightest, creamiest white to the darkest, most intense, unsweetened variety. Step-by-step instructions and vibrant photographs guide you from your cravings to pure bliss. Whether you''re baking cakes or pies, making puddings, sauces, and frostings, piping decorations, or flavoring drinks, you''ll find more than 80 mouthwatering recipes to inspire and delight.

Clouds for Dessert $3.96 Ever taste a cloud? Or take a bite out of the Grand Canyon? What it the West could taste the way it looks? Clearly, some of the great natural phenomena would have to be spectacular desserts. And so they are, for desserts of all foods are the most open to fantasy and fun. A little kitchen magic can turn the Rocky Mountains into snowcapped sundaes, or wild, rough, piggy javelinas into ginger cookies, or even cactus into Popsicles, pancakes, and tender rosy pies. The best food of a region expresses a sense of place in a way nothing else can. This is especially true of the American Southwest. These 50 recipes express climates and geography (pomegranates and citrus from the desert, pinon nuts and apples from the mountains) as well as history and culture (Tohono O'odham saguaro syrup, Spanish flan, cowboy cake, New Mexican biscochitos, and very chichi nouvelle Southwest chocolate mousse pie).