The Pie and Pastry Bible (Rose Levy Beranbaum)

The Pie and Pastry Bible is your magic wand for baking the pies, tarts, and pastries of your dreams—the definitive work by the country's top baker.

In her own words, " I'm known for cakes, but my greatest love to eat is a fruit laden or filled pastry, such as cherry pie, lemon tart, sticky buns filled with rum soaked raisins.........and this 692 page book with over 250 recipes, which took me over 5 years to write, has all of them. It also includes a wide variety of pie crusts from my favorite tender, flaky, and flavorful cream cheese and butter crust to savory crusts made with goose fat or beef suet."