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(Book Review & Giveaway) Patisserie by Melanie Dupuis & Anne Cazor

March 9, 2016 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 60 Comments

Patisserie: Master the Art of French Pastry by Mélanie Dupuis & Anne Cazor

As you know, Sarah and I adore everything French, and French baking is no exception. When we received our review copy of Patisserie : Master the Art of French Pastry by Mélanie Dupuis & Anne Cazor, we were inspired to start baking our favourite French treats. Patisserie showcases 100 delicious step by step recipes to help you achieve perfect results at home. Each recipe is beautifully illustrated and includes loads of details such as the special equipment needed, variations, tricky aspects, techniques needed to master, and organisation tips.

Lemon MERINGUE PIE

All the ingredients are clearly photographed, and the step by step instructions include lots of photographs to guide you successfully through the process.

Self Saucing Pudding Steps

Paterisserie is divided into two sections – Base Recipes and Pastries. The base recipes includes all the techniques and instruction you need to master tart pastries, yeast doughs, meringues, creams, icings, decorations and more. The Pastries includes all your French favourites such as Mille-Feuilles, Macarons, Black Forest Cake, Chocolate Éclairs, Madeleines, and more.

Fraisier Cake Steps

The photography and illustrations in this volume are amazing. This book will help you confidently prepare these delicious French desserts and treats at home. The hard part will be deciding which treat to bake first!

Lemon Meringue Pie Spread_Page_2

We thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys French treats and wants to take their French baking to the next level. It would make a lovely gift for the home baking enthusiast. It is s wonderful book to look through and helps you learn all the processes required in French baking.

Patisserie: Master the Art of French Pastry by Mélanie Dupuis & Anne Cazor

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  1. lesley says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:43 am

    my favorite is definitely Macarons

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  2. Amanda says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:56 am

    Fruit tarts… Those tiny little mouthfuls of shiny fruit pieces with rich custard and crisp pastry. With fruit, they have to be healthy, right?!

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  3. Kimwithak says

    March 9, 2016 at 9:09 am

    Macarons are my favorite! ? thanks for the chance to win this gorgeous book!

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  4. Kate says

    March 9, 2016 at 9:14 am

    Definitely little tarts, especially if they involve custard!

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  5. Allison C says

    March 9, 2016 at 9:16 am

    I LOVE macarons. Especially pistachio.

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  6. Anne Marie says

    March 9, 2016 at 9:34 am

    Lemon tarts!

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  7. Kathleen says

    March 9, 2016 at 10:39 am

    Oh gosh this book looks divine! I especially love creme brûlée!

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  8. Chris says

    March 9, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    Tarts filled with fruit or puff pastry anything.

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  9. Missy says

    March 9, 2016 at 1:59 pm

    Oh I love macarons and meringue!

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  10. Mignom Prider says

    March 9, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    Thanks for the review, my son has started baking and love Patisserie. I have been looking for a cook book for him, this one looks like great =)

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  11. Lynda Taylor says

    March 9, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    This book looks great. There are three of us that love to bake in our house so much use would be made of it.
    Yum.
    And thanks for the opportunity.

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  12. Vikie says

    March 9, 2016 at 5:38 pm

    Oh wonderful book, and I would have a chocolaté cake yet… warm and a lot of chocolaté…I’have lust to eat

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  13. Cynthia Adkins says

    March 9, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    My favorite French treat would be Macarons too! though really, I won’t pass up others 🙂

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  14. Daisy says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    I love tarts!

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  15. Tine says

    March 9, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    Mine is Creme Brulee – YUM!!

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  16. Marta Sousa says

    March 9, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    So difficult to choose…but if i had to choose one, i’ll have to say: eclairs…just love the pastry.

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  17. Beth says

    March 10, 2016 at 12:43 am

    My favorite french inspired treat is macarons! So teeny tiny but so delish!

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  18. Lorene holbrook says

    March 10, 2016 at 2:05 am

    Oh my goodness, yes please! Macaroons!

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  19. liz n. says

    March 10, 2016 at 2:06 am

    Favorite to make are macarons and croissants. In fact, I’ll soon be working on about five dozen macarons for a baby shower.

    Favorite to eat is, well….all of it! I mean, French pastries, how could you not love them all???

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  20. Shari K. says

    March 10, 2016 at 2:14 am

    Chocolate anything!

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  21. Amy M says

    March 10, 2016 at 3:47 am

    My favorite french dessert is creme brulee. My daughter loves it too.

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  22. Rebecca Sutcliffe says

    March 10, 2016 at 5:27 am

    My favorite would be pots de creme

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  23. Candy Brake says

    March 10, 2016 at 5:30 am

    The Lemon Meringue Pie looks to die for. I’d buy the book just for that recipe.

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  24. MARY ELLEN CHEVALIER says

    March 10, 2016 at 5:50 am

    I am retired now ,but i was a cook working at Holidays Inn for years than switch to Hospital work .Baking went hand in hand with everything else..always loved the baking week-end or day . Would love to win this book. Oh yes also my husband is french from Quebec ,Canada.

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  25. Teresa @Aurea's Kitchen says

    March 10, 2016 at 6:14 am

    I love macarons!!!!

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  26. Mary Preston says

    March 10, 2016 at 7:03 am

    I have to say croissants – the brunch food of the gods.

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  27. Linda says

    March 10, 2016 at 7:20 am

    Croissants!!!!! Of course.

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  28. Kimberly R says

    March 10, 2016 at 7:24 am

    Macarons!

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  29. Jennifer says

    March 10, 2016 at 9:21 am

    My fav’s are Palmiers! Crunch and flaky and lots of cinnamon! Yum!

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  30. PatriciaMelilli says

    March 10, 2016 at 9:46 am

    Macaroons!

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  31. Lynn Pinda says

    March 10, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    The sweets look Devine!

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  32. SandraR says

    March 10, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    This book would satisfy my sweet tooth. Thanks for the chance.

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  33. Sharon says

    March 10, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    Lemon meringue is my absolute favourite dessert & you can’t beat homemade.

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  34. Jenna O says

    March 11, 2016 at 4:49 am

    I really love fruit tarts! 🙂

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  35. Katy says

    March 11, 2016 at 5:34 am

    I love pain au chocolate, and fruit tarts….yum!!

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  36. Donna Stirnkorb says

    March 11, 2016 at 6:38 am

    Eclairs! Definitely…the chocolate, the cream, fluffy pasry…yum!

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    • Donna Stirnkorb says

      March 11, 2016 at 6:39 am

      Pastry….arg, hate that! LOL.

      Reply
  37. laura power says

    March 11, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    How can I pick just one?! Would have to be a good Pain-au-chocolate , for breakfast of course 🙂

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  38. Belinda says

    March 11, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    My favourite French dessert would have to be eclairs… ! I love to do a bit of a fusion and make matcha green tea flavoured ones!

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  39. Jo J says

    March 12, 2016 at 12:16 am

    Chocolate eclairs!

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  40. Heather S says

    March 12, 2016 at 4:54 am

    Macaroons hands down <3

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  41. Kez says

    March 12, 2016 at 12:58 pm

    Wow! This book looks delightful, I especially love recipe books that contain a lot of pictures!

    Kez | acaciasdreams.com

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  42. Kathy E. says

    March 13, 2016 at 11:56 am

    I am not quite sure they are French-inspired, but I adore cream puffs! They must be light and flaky with a dusting of powdered sugar to be perfect! Oooh-la-la!

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  43. Beth T. says

    March 13, 2016 at 12:13 pm

    Chocolate eclairs are my favorites. I know macarons are all the rage, but I’m an eclair girl from way back.

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  44. Karen G. says

    March 13, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    Creme brûlée …my all time fav!

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  45. Meredith says

    March 13, 2016 at 1:49 pm

    Macarons are divine, but j’adore creme brulee!

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  46. Christina says

    March 13, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    The book looks perfect!

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  47. Suz says

    March 13, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    I love macaroons! Laduree in Paris is my favourite place to visit!!

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  48. Barb N says

    March 13, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    My French cuisine is so limited I don’t know how to answer this question! But if I had this cookbook, I could certainly find out 🙂

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  49. Molly says

    March 14, 2016 at 2:34 am

    It’s all about the macarons. Although one of those pictures of a self-saucing pudding (that’s what it looks like anyway), looks awesome.

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  50. Richenda says

    March 14, 2016 at 2:53 am

    Mille-feuille, also known as Napolean, is my fave!!

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  51. Laura says

    March 14, 2016 at 4:04 am

    I forced to choose, I’d have to go with classic croissants. Mmmm buttery goodness!

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  52. Ruth says

    March 14, 2016 at 4:12 am

    This book looks great – with all those photos maybe even I could master the macaron!! Yum!

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  53. Cathy M T says

    March 14, 2016 at 10:03 am

    The photos of the desserts you have here are frameable. I could look at them adoringly every day. I very much doubt the French have invented a pastry that I wouldn’t devour with glee. From my own humble hands, I have made chocolate mousse many times. It’s easy and it never disappoints, but I’d love to step out of my comfort zone. This book looks awesome.

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  54. Teena says

    March 14, 2016 at 12:47 pm

    Chocolate Éclairs (old school ones, not the ones you get in the bakery now). 30 years ago we used to go past the bakery on the way home from school and buy an éclair for 50 cents and they were sensational!

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  55. Latoya A says

    March 15, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    Nice book! 🙂

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  56. Melanie Whittle says

    March 15, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    Chocolate Eclairs So delish!

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  57. Kristy Winters says

    March 15, 2016 at 6:22 pm

    Crepes with chocolate and strong black coffee on the side

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  58. Aires Reis says

    May 17, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    I own and love the Patisserie (Master the Art of French Pastry) by Melanie & Anne! I have found several inconsistancies in the recipes with respect to proportions/weights/ingredients which cause some of the recipes to “fail”. Is there any way to contact the authors and get resolution?

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