The Yum Yum Factor

Grace Massa Langlois might have been born in Belgium but she grew up in London, Ontario where she remains with her family. I was born and raised in London, Ontario so we have a connection in that regard but when it comes to baking, our paths diverge. I am a decent, simple baker and dessert maker and I make a few things quite well but Grace is a real dessert master. I was already familiar with her food blog, Grace's Sweet Life  , and loved to peruse all of the delicious looking desserts while daydreaming that someone else would make these things for me. When I was offered a copy of her new cookbook, I jumped at the chance.  I read the entire thing, cover to cover and was incredibly impressed with the huge array of Italian sweets. Cannoli , Tiramisu and Panna Cotta are all fairly familiar but there were other things like Italian Peach Cookies , Boccanotti  and Celletti which were all new to me. I have to admit, that as a lazy baker, many of these recipes ar...