Sweet Serendipity: Delightful Desserts and Devilish Dish Hardcover – July 2, 2004

I'm an avid cook book collector. I tend to look for the ones that stand out from the rest... the ones that have a bit more in them then just recipies. This is definitley one of those books. If I could, I'd give it 10 stars.The book is filled with wonderful little recipes that everyone should have. They aren't spectacular. They aren't professional grade. They aren't the kind of recipe that it will take 2 weeks to locate the ingredients and another 6 hours to create the dessert. But that is exactly what seredipity is all about. If you know anything about the actual store/shop/restaurant...they never were into the harder-then-heck kind of recipes. They took simple things, and gave them a style all their own. And all of New York...and eventually the rest of the world...loved it!The recipes are definitley "yummy." Every single one. The pictures are to die for. Every single one. :) I brought this book to work and had a 1/2 a dozen people ask me when i was making "this" or when I was making "that"...then they'd point to a picture and drool. :)....but as I began with, this book has more than just recipies in it. It has seredipity's history....written by one of the owners himself. A very interesting read. And it's not just a 1/2 of a page long. It's lengthy. The book is worth it's price just for this read. On almost every page there is a 'snippit' or 'story' from Serendipities history. Feel good stories. Hollywood-siting stories. Stories that will make you want to go to the actual location if you have never been there.Did you know that Robin Williams brough a little girl who was dying of a life-threatening disease to Serendipity...treated her to lunch....and kept her laughing for hours on end? This book tells you things like that. Did you know that the owners wouldn't even give the recipe of Frozzzen Hot Chocolate to the First Lady? The book tells you that story too.And,yes .....the book does include the infamous 'Frozzzen Hot Chocolate' recipe that they have become famous for. No, it doesn't tell you exactly what kind of chocolate they use (they'd go out of business if they gave it up!)....but it gives you a start. Use your own chocoalte kind-of recipe. It also includes variations of the hot-chocoalte recipe. Very fun.If you are a cook cook collector this book is a must for your shelf. Put it right next to your entertaining books from Williams-Sonoma. :) If you have a friend that is a collector and you are trying to find a book that will stand out from all of the other ones that they own......Stop looking...THIS IS IT! I promise! :)

Serendipity restaurant in NYC is on my "must visit" list. A delightful read, good recipes. I am happy with the service provided by the shippers and will order from them again.

We like it because we have been to NY's Serendipity III.When we tried out the Apple pie recipe, it was super yummy!

I love the restaurant/shop and absolutely love this cookbook....thank you so much for the book!

Love it, haven't made a recipe yet, but was excited to see Brett Barra, one of my favorite DIY TV personalities was one of the authors. Yay!

I bought this for a gift and ended up reading every page! Very interesting story along with a delicious cookbook!

so many ideas so little time!

I have tried a few of the recipes, but some are too work intensive. The buttercream frosting for the Manor Born Banana cake was tasty but had the consistency of paste. I will stick w/ cream cheese frosting from now on. As winter crawls along, I will spend more time in the kitchen trying other recipes and giving the goodies to friends who never find fault with free food.