| | |  | Berghoff knives | Home » » » The Pastry Queen Christmas: Big-hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style | | | | | | | Description: | | The annual Fredericksburg Christmas parade marks the beginning of the Hill Country's holiday season, which means the Pastry Queen is kicking into high gear at her Rather Sweet Bakery and CafĂ©. As party invitations pile up in the mailbox, Rebecca Rather is up to her elbows in sticky meringue, gooey chocolate, and a sleigh's worth of savory indulgences to meet the Texas-sized entertaining-to-go orders of her neighbors. In THE PASTRY QUEEN CHRISTMAS, Rebecca shares nearly a hundred traditional recipes reflecting her made-with-love-from-scratch philosophy and the tastes of small-town Texas. Tree-trimming, open houses, cookie decorating, and Santas running down Main Street . . . Christmas time is here. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Rebecca Rather | | Hardcover:
| 240 pages | | Publisher:
| Ten Speed Press | | Publication Date:
| October 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1580087906 | | Package Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 26 reviews |
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 One big glitchDec 27, 2009
I've been successfully baking for years and years and years...and this book is beautiful. For this year's Christmas, I made the Caramel Merangue pie. While looking absolutely beautiful, it was an OVERLY sweet pie, that did not set up properly. The caramel was too loose to cut in slices, and ended up as a sloppy mess. I would never make it again. While I would never judge a cookbook solely on the merits of one recipe, I gave it 4 stars because I'm hoping the other recipes will be much better.
 Try the Eggnog Cheesecake recipeDec 11, 2009
There is a recipe for eggnog cheesecake in this book that is incredible. The preparation seems involved but if you follow the steps it will come out great. My guests cleaned their plates before I served the last piece....It was to die for.
Another wonderful book from Rebecca RatherJul 12, 2009
Can Rebecca Rather write a bad cookbook? Never! This book is geared toward Christmas, but I use the recipes all year long. When I want to bake, my first books to choose from my library are Rebecca's books. I can always find something that tweaks my interest. The Christmas book is like her first in the way that I have the ingredients in my pantry. The photos are great and the stories about herself, her daughter, employees and customers make me feel as if I know her on a personal basis. Now I can't wait for her next book on entertaining to be published. It should be available in October and I'm counting the days until I receive my copy.
YUM!Jun 28, 2009
The photos and stories are excellent. The chicken lasagna was great, my dad said it was the best ever! It had kind of a Tex Mex flair. I even left out a few of her ingredients like substituting evaporated milk for the heavy cream and roasting my own chicken instead of buying a rotisserie chicken. The ingredient list looks long but the ingredients were already in my cabinet. She also gives alternative options to make the same dish. I'm a beginning cook and it was easy.
A Good Gift for YourselfApr 04, 2009
This cookbook is both a visual feast and an interesting read....I'm so glad Amazon made it more affordable than many of the retail stores at which I've seen it for sale. I can't wait to try some of the recipes, particularly the Apple-Spice Layer Cake with Caramel Swirl Icing and the Cranberry Walnut Scones.
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