By Michelle Stuart (Ballentine Books, 240 pp.)
National Pie Baking Champion Michelle Stuart offers dozens of fruit, nut, cream and whimsical party pies as wells as recipes for cookies, bars, brownies, and tea cakes in "Perfect Pies & More." Your sweet tooth will be satisfied just browsing the mouthwatering photographs. Stuart kept the home cook in mind when developing her recipes with a range from "easy," which can be made in one hour or less, up to more challenging recipes for the industrious baker.
