The Cookie That Changed My Life - Nancy Silverton, Carolynn Carreño

Nancy Silverton has a pretty impressive resumé when it comes to baking — she was the original pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant, Spago, and legend has it she baked a brioche so perfect it brought Julia Child to tears. This cookbook is a sort of love letter to the American baking canon, packed with over 100 recipes (including a peanut butter cookie that, as the title suggests, changed her life.)