Mrs. Beeton's Complete Book of Puddings and Desserts - Hardcover

If puddings are your ultimate comfort food, put on your flannel jammies, curl up in front of the fire, and flip through the pages of this ever-so-soothing cookbook. Mrs. Beeton has more on her mind than simple rice and bread puddings--the league leaders on the comfort scale. Also included are such flamboyant members of the pudding family as mousses and cream pies and cheesecakes, g{ƒ}ateaux, trifles, and charlottes. Even dieters will enjoy the wonderful names: House of Commons pudding, Poor Knights pudding, Marquise Alice pudding, and the surprisingly different Cabinet pudding and Cold Cabinet pudding. The recipes are clear, and there are plenty of line drawings to break up the text. Inset color photographs are delectable and calorie free. Ilene Cooper