PARIS — Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops — By Dorie Greenspan

Do you love Paris? When you think of the City of Light, are its patisseries, boulangeries and sidewalk cafes with their delicious selections of handcrafted, melt-in-your-mouth pastries and desserts among the first things that come to mind? Do you adhere to the adage "Life's too short, eat dessert first!"? Then you will absolutely love Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops, a classic sweet treat by Dorie Greenspan, one of the world's favorite and most accomplished food writers, Dorie Greenspan. (See her bio below.) Her most vivid memory of her first trip to Paris doesn't have anything to do with the Eiffel Tower, but rather a heavenly strawberry tartlet. Overwhelmed by its extraordinary flavor, texture, and appearance, Greenspan was "hooked on Paris and hooked on the city's sweets." In Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops, Greenspan compiles recipes from "les bonnes adresses," collecting secrets for perfect madeleines, macaroons, app