The advent of the Kodak camera in 1888 made photography accessible to amateurs as well as to professionals. Artists were not immune to its allure, and many began experimenting with the camera as a means of observing the world and capturing their own images of it. Snapshot investigates seven Post-Impressionist painters and printmakers: Pierre Bonnard, George Hendrik Breitner, Maurice Denis, Henri Evenepoel, Henri Rivière, Félix Vallotton, and Edouard Vuillard. Although celebrated for their works on canvas and paper, these artists also made many personal and informal snapshots. Depicting interiors, city streets, nudes, and portraits, these photographs were kept private and never exhibited. As a result, most have never been seen by the public.

Juxtaposing personal photographs with related paintings and prints by these Post-Impressionist artists, Snapshot offers a new perspective on early photography and on the synthesis of painting, printmaking, and photography at the end of the 19th century.

In Desserts, the author of the widely acclaimed cookbooks Eggs and Pastry returns with an exhaustive collection of sweet delights, from simple mousses and biscuits to advanced petit fours and homemade chocolates. Three-star Michelin chef Michel Roux is one of the world's most respected chefs and in Desserts he focuses his ability and flare on everyone's favorite course.

The book includes classic dessert recipes as well as modern reinterpretations, all with clear and easy-to-follow instructions. For more complicated techniques, helpful step-by-step photos ensure that even inexperienced home cooks and bakers achieve delicious results.

• Author Michel Roux has won countless culinary honors and is the author of the cookbooks Eggs, Pastry, and Sauces
• The book is packed with 150 gorgeous full-color photographs

For anyone who wants to bake desserts as good as those that come out of professional kitchens, Desserts offers sweet inspiration.