Synopses & Reviews
100 of the best cake, pie, cookie, bar, and candy recipes from two sassy sugar mommas (and one of Oprah’s favorite candy makers) on a mission to preserve America’s best heirloom sweets and the even sweeter stories behind them.
"The mission of the 'Sugar Mommas'...is to bring readers vintage treats and the stories behind them. The result is a book filled with tempting cakes, pies, cookies, and candies. These ladies don't always follow the rules, and it's refreshing to see that their approach to baking comes with a sense of humor." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Part retro, part contemporary and charmingly whimsical cookies, pies and bars share space with candies, cakes and more in such favorites as Gran's Tea Cakes, Cracked Sugar Cookies, Kentucky Derby Bars, Chocolate Hydrogen Bombs and Lucinda Bells $100 Pecan Pie....The Sugar Mommas dish out helpful hints throughout the book. Did you know that a 9-by-13-inch pan holds 15 cups, a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan 8 cups?" --San Antonio Express-News
Sugar, Sugar offers 100 of the best cake, pie, cookie, bar, and candy recipes from two sassy Sugar Mommas, Kimberly Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, who are on a mission to preserve America's best sweet treat recipes and the even sweeter stories behind them. As the Sugar Mommas explain, "We drove down memory lane to discover our sugar inheritance, and then dug into everyone else's past to find their dusty, torn, and butter-crusted index cards."
What the Sugar Mommas found was that every recipe has a story. From desserts that accompanied families through good and bad times, to treats perfected by domestic help, to never-before-transcribed sugar concoctions developed from wild imaginations, each recipe conveys the unique personality of the friend or family member who created it.
With plenty of pies worth the lie, cakes to diet for, and better-than-nooky cookies, as well as an assortment of cobblers, crisps, bars, and other decadent confections, Sugar, Sugar is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
Synopsis
The Sugar Mommas have searched far and wide to find America’s best sugar recipes. They found cakes modified when butter was too expensive, desserts that saw families through good and bad times, treats perfected by domestic help, and never before transcribed, and crazy sugar concoctions developed from wild imaginations and inventive personalities clearly willing to take a risk. What binds them all is a love of baking and the creations that come from a simple cup of sugar.
This manual for creating homemade cakes, cookies, pies, bars, and confections will be classic in content, but modern in presentation. The photos contain subtle nods to the vintage origins of the recipes, and the design is fresh and modern. Some recipes have been modified to fit modern tastes and availability, while others contain tips for sassing them up or making them more quickly for today’s baker.
Synopsis
100 of the best cake, pie, cookie, bar, and candy recipes from two sassy sugar mommas (and one of Oprah’s favorite candy makers) on a mission to preserve America’s best heirloom sweets and the even sweeter stories behind them.
"The mission of the 'Sugar Mommas'...is to bring readers vintage treats and the stories behind them. The result is a book filled with tempting cakes, pies, cookies, and candies. These ladies don't always follow the rules, and it's refreshing to see that their approach to baking comes with a sense of humor." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Part retro, part contemporary and charmingly whimsical cookies, pies and bars share space with candies, cakes and more in such favorites as Gran's Tea Cakes, Cracked Sugar Cookies, Kentucky Derby Bars, Chocolate Hydrogen Bombs and Lucinda Bells $100 Pecan Pie....The Sugar Mommas dish out helpful hints throughout the book. Did you know that a 9-by-13-inch pan holds 15 cups, a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan 8 cups?" --San Antonio Express-News
Sugar, Sugar offers 100 of the best cake, pie, cookie, bar, and candy recipes from two sassy Sugar Mommas, Kimberly Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, who are on a mission to preserve America's best sweet treat recipes and the even sweeter stories behind them. As the Sugar Mommas explain, "We drove down memory lane to discover our sugar inheritance, and then dug into everyone else's past to find their dusty, torn, and butter-crusted index cards."
What the Sugar Mommas found was that every recipe has a story. From desserts that accompanied families through good and bad times, to treats perfected by domestic help, to never-before-transcribed sugar concoctions developed from wild imaginations, each recipe conveys the unique personality of the friend or family member who created it.
With plenty of pies worth the lie, cakes to diet for, and better-than-nooky cookies, as well as an assortment of cobblers, crisps, bars, and other decadent confections, Sugar, Sugar is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
Synopsis
"The mission of the 'Sugar Mommas'...is to bring readers vintage treats and the stories behind them. The result is a book filled with tempting cakes, pies, cookies, and candies. These ladies don't always follow the rules, and it's refreshing to see that their approach to baking comes with a sense of humor." --
The Philadelphia Inquirer"Part retro, part contemporary and charmingly whimsical cookies, pies and bars share space with candies, cakes and more in such favorites as Gran's Tea Cakes, Cracked Sugar Cookies, Kentucky Derby Bars, Chocolate Hydrogen Bombs and Lucinda Bells $100 Pecan Pie....The Sugar Mommas dish out helpful hints throughout the book. Did you know that a 9-by-13-inch pan holds 15 cups, a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan 8 cups?" --San Antonio Express-News
Sugar, Sugar offers 100 of the best cake, pie, cookie, bar, and candy recipes from two sassy Sugar Mommas, Kimberly Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, who are on a mission to preserve America's best sweet treat recipes and the even sweeter stories behind them. As the Sugar Mommas explain, "We drove down memory lane to discover our sugar inheritance, and then dug into everyone else's past to find their dusty, torn, and butter-crusted index cards."
What the Sugar Mommas found was that every recipe has a story. From desserts that accompanied families through good and bad times, to treats perfected by domestic help, to never-before-transcribed sugar concoctions developed from wild imaginations, each recipe conveys the unique personality of the friend or family member who created it.
With plenty of pies worth the lie, cakes to diet for, and better-than-nooky cookies, as well as an assortment of cobblers, crisps, bars, and other decadent confections, Sugar, Sugar is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
About the Author
Kimberly "Momma" Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero have dubbed themselves the "Sugar Mommas" because of a shared love of all things sweet. Kimberly, the founder of Momma Reiner's Fudge, gained national acclaim when her treats were selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things for
O, the Oprah Magazine and also featured on
Rachael Ray. Momma Reiner even appeared on
The Martha Stewart Show, making fudge alongside Martha. Kimberly's law school classmate Jenna, who spent her days toiling as a high-powered entertainment attorney and her nights rocking as the lead singer of the band Vixen, now works alongside Kimberly to spread the love of sugar. Together, they are the confectionery queens on ModernMom.com, and they have their own site at sugarsugarrecipes.com. They live near Los Angeles.
Online:
sugarsugarrecipes.com
mommareiner.com
Kimberly "Momma" Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero have dubbed themselves the "Sugar Mommas" because of a shared love of all things sweet. Kimberly, the founder of Momma Reiner's Fudge, gained national acclaim when her treats were selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things for O, the Oprah Magazine and also featured on Rachael Ray. Momma Reiner even appeared on The Martha Stewart Show, making fudge alongside Martha. Kimberly's law school classmate Jenna, who spent her days toiling as a high-powered entertainment attorney and her nights rocking as the lead singer of the band Vixen, now works alongside Kimberly to spread the love of sugar. Together, they are the confectionery queens on ModernMom.com, and they have their own site at sugarsugarrecipes.com. They live near Los Angeles.
Online:
sugarsugarrecipes.com
mommareiner.com