A delicious collection of recipes from extraordinary chefs, pastry chefs, and bakers, including Lidia Bastianich, Daniel Boulud, Terrance Brennan, Dorie Greenspan, Thomas Keller, Jacques Torres, and Laurent Tourondel. Cookies are the perfect ending to a wonderful meal. One-bite meringues melt in your mouth, while linzers and macarons are the ultimate fanciful con­fections. Tracey Zabar has collected cookie recipes from seventy of the very best New York culinary talents. The delectable mix is comprised of these chefs' personal recipes and the signature creations of top restaurants—Le Cirque, Eleven Madison Park, Gramercy Tavern, Babbo, Artisanal, City Bakery, Daniel, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. This irresistible array of recipes for the home baker includes cowboy cookies from Chef Mario Batali and his son Benno, a chocolate chip and walnut treat invented by Chef Todd English of Olives for his children, and Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's mother's anis bredele. There are also sweets from around the world—jammy dodgers from England, wedding cookies from Puerto Rico, and lamingtons from Australia. Chefs Francois Payard and Andre Soltner have added artful creations to the petit four plate, while Maida Heatter, Sarabeth Levine, Jennifer McCoy, Marcus Samuelsson, and Jonathan Waxman share favorites from their recipe repertoires.