What's new with Carole:

This is my very latest book, Bite-Size Desserts: Creating Mini Sweet Treats, From Cupcakes and Cobblers to Custards and Cookies, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Although the recipes in this book are for small portions they are power packed with great flavors and there is a great deal of variety. The book itself has a wimiscal layout that makes it a lot of fun. And there are 40 spectacular photographs. See some of what you can make and eat in the slide show below. The book can be ordered at:

Here are some Bite-Size Desserts. Just help yourself.

              Bite-Size Desserts HIGHLIGHTS:
  • 87 easy and quick to prepare mini desserts
  • full flavored desserts using tantalizing ingredients
  • a large variety of different types of desserts
  • 22 mini chocolate dessert recipes
  • detailed instructions written for home cooks
  • ideal desserts for those desiring portion control

Here is what Restaurant Hospitality (June 2009) says about Bite-Size Desserts:

“You probably know how well trios or quartets or one-bite samplers or other shooter-equivalent desserts sell today. So let's get going on creating some great new ones for your menu. Bloom's book contains 87 recipes for these pint-sized pleasures, covering the entire gamut of dessert options. Blessedly, you won't need a whiz-bang pastry chef on staff to reproduce most of them. Yet Bloom's recipes yield finished products that look and taste as though you did. Even the mini-cookie recipes are knockouts.”

Recent articles and soundBites by Carole:

Check out my latest article, Making Perfect Pies, on Epicurious.com in the Articles & Guides, how to cook, cooking primers, Pie primer area. Click here to go straight to the article. There are some very cool teaching videos that accompany the article.

Also, have a look at two mini articles that I did, Making ganache - It's not difficult and Cupcakes for all - A sweets expert on little cakes, on Culinate.com in the Dinner Guest Blog area. And both articles include recipes: Dark Chocolate Cupcakes and White Chocolate Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting. Click here or click once on my name on the Dinner Guest Blog page. Feel free to ask questions and/or leave a comment.

In addition, have a listen to one or more of my soundBites. Just go to A Million Cooks home page and follow the Chocolate link at the top of the page. Than towards the bottom of the Chocolate page just select any of the Listen to Chocolate soundBites you would like to hear. Enjoy.