- Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

Sugar & Spice: sweets & treats from around the world

By Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra

This enchanting book is a collection of recipes of the best of the world’s sweets, tiny cakes and patisserie, from delicately spiced Indian sweets to nutty Spanish marzipans. Crunchy brittles, tempting truffles, sticky toffees, caramels, nougat… treats to suit all tastes! Ideal for all family, entertaining or giving as gifts.

This enchanting book is a collection of recipes for the best of the world’s sweets, tiny cakes and patisserie, from delicately spiced Indian milk sweets to nutty Spanish marzipans; from tiny French sponge cakes to Scottish fudge. Crunchy brittles, tempting truffles, sticky toffees, caramels, nougat, honeycomb… there are treats to suit all tastes. Over 120 easy-to-follow recipes offer small delights from near and far – ideal for all the family, for entertaining or for giving as gifts.

Author: Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 06 Sep 2012
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978-1-86205-937-5
Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra draws on her own multi-cultural background for her delicious recipe collections. A Guyanese Hindu of Indian ancestry, who married into a European Jewish family, she is a food historian and freelance translator. she has authored a book on Dutch baking – Windmills in my Oven – and her second book, Warm Bread and Honey Cake, won the Guild of Food Writers Cookery Book of the Year 2010. She is also the author of Wrapped: Crepes, wraps and rolls you can make at home. She lives in the Netherlands with her husband and two children.

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