The Book Bench is reviewing new and forthcoming cookbooks this week.

He recently spent 20 minutes fielding phone calls and describing recipes from his forthcoming cookbook.

Because she didn't have to work, she took a break, then went back for a year when Payard Patisserie opened in 1998, but took six months off before returning to Daniel to work on his forthcoming cookbook.

Recipes in a forthcoming cookbook from the Council of Fashion Designers of America include Zac Posen's butterscotch wafers, Carolina Herrera's pommes toupinel, and Donna Karan's (model-friendly) green juice.

This week, the Book Bench is reviewing new and forthcoming cookbooks.