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How to Cook That

by Ann Reardon

Offering a fun-filled step-by-step dessert cookbook, Ann Reardon teaches you how to create delicious and impressive pastries, cakes and sweet creations. Join food scientist Ann Reardon, host of the award-winning YouTube series How to Cook That, as she explores Crazy Sweet Creations. An accomplished pastry chef, Reardon draws millions of baking fans together each week, eager to learn the secrets of her extravagant cakes, chocolates, and eye-popping desserts. Her warmth and sense of fun in the kitchen shines through on every page as she reveals the science behind recreating your own culinary masterpieces. For home cooks and fans who love their desserts, cakes, and ice creams to look amazing and taste even better. Take your culinary creations to influencer status. You’ll also: * Learn to make treats that get the whole family cooking * Create baked goods that tap into beloved pop culture trends * Impress guests with beautiful desserts Readers of dessert cookbooks like [*Dessert Person*](/works/OL21899018W), [*Sally's Cookie Addiction*](/works/OL19733269W), [*Tartine*](/works/OL17890148W), [*Mastering the Art of French Cooking*](/works/OL1820661W), [*Joshua Weissman: An Unapologetic Cookbook*](/works/OL24575051W), or [*100 Cookies*](/works/OL20785614W) will love *How to Cook That: Crazy Sweet Creations*.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
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  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?