cover image Sticky Fingers’ Sweets: 
100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes

Sticky Fingers’ Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes

Doron Petersan. Avery, $27.50 (304p) ISBN 978-1-58333-463-8

The founder of Washington, D.C.’s popular Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats vegan bakery—and Cupcake Wars winner on the Food Network—shares her secrets for mouth-watering, animal-product-free treats in this entertaining volume. Sticky Fingers devotees should be most excited about a chapter called “The Trifecta,” in which Petersan divulges “the three recipes that built this bakery”: the Cowvin cookie (an oatmeal cookie with vanilla frosting); Little Devils (the vegan version of Devil Dogs); and Sticky Buns. And there’s plenty for those vegans who’ve never set foot in the bakery. El Caliente: chocolate spice cake; a whole chapter on vegan whoopie pies (titled “Making Whoopie,” of course;, Banana Chimp muffins; peanut butter fudge cake; peppermint brownies; and the Sweet-n-Salty cookie are among the many very tempting options. The introduction gives an excellent and approachable primer on the science (and art) of baking in general and vegan baking in particular. That, along with the unpretentious and funny voice, make this collection appealing for vegan and nonvegan bakers alike. (Mar.)