<strong>Puff Pastry Perfection</strong><em> is more than just another collection of baked goods. It is a burst of extraordinary flavors that surprise and delight, along with foolproof instructions to make home cooks into baking heroes. </em></p> <p>Puff pastry is the royalty of pastries--crisp, flaky, and especially light, it literally rises to any occasion. And although preparing homemade puff pastry is a labor-intensive process, <strong><i>Puff Pastry Perfection</i></strong> shows that a package of frozen puff pastry sheets makes the magnificence of puff pastry accessible to home cooks everywhere. </p> <p>Oh, the enchanting creations that await! Frozen puff pastry can be used to quickly and easily render classics such as napoleons, <strong>cream puffs</strong>, strudels, turnovers, palmiers, mille-feuille, and <strong>French tarts</strong>. It can be twisted into appetizer sticks, cut into tartlet shapes, used as a<strong> quick pie</strong> or <strong>quiche crust</strong>, folded over savory appetizer fillings, molded over <strong>casserole fillings </strong>to create one-step pot pie "lids," or rolled and slice into elegant, but oh-so-easy cookies. </p> <p> The result? How about portobello napoleons, <strong>wasabi shrimp puffs</strong>, dried cherry and almond baked brie, or spicy cumin cheese straws for starters? For supper consider chile relleno quiche, <strong>puff pastry po' boys</strong>, pizza bianco with prosciutto, arugula and parmesan or chipotle and cheese beef pot pie. Next, the sweets: miniatures such as ginger-lime sugar twists, <strong>southern pecan crisps</strong>, fresh mango napoleons, and <strong>puff pastry cinnamon rolls</strong>, all perfect for teatime or an anytime nibble. And finally the grand desserts: from lemon-blackberry cobbler to <strong>chocolate-walnut strudel</strong> to <strong>caramel apple dumplings</strong>, there's a sweet treat for every taste and occasion.