Sweet: The Secret to the Best Desserts

Maximize the power of sweetness with 80 delicious, impressive and flavor-packed recipes.

Ever wondered how to make a dish extra delicious? Look no further. In this book, Alexina Anatole, MasterChef finalist and author of Bitter, unlocks the secrets of sweetness. Journeying through 10 shades of sweetness, through ingredients like brown sugar, strawberries, peaches, honey, vanilla and bananas--Alexina reveals the most tempting results that can be achieved by balancing flavor, texture and temperature.

Sweet is the perfect guide to using sweetness, with tips on tempering and complementing sweetness, so you can develop the skills to perfectly balance flavors to your liking and take your dishes to the next level. With twists on the classics and exciting new creations, these 80 recipes for desserts (and sweet-savory dishes) offer comfort while also delivering bold, exciting flavors. Whether you love desserts or believe that you're "not a dessert person," this inspiring cookbook is guaranteed to delight.

Discover recipes for all occasions and palates, such as:

• Banoffee Coffee Sundae
• White Chocolate Basque Cheesecake
• Mango, Coconut + Lime Celebration Cake
• Matcha Tiramisu
• Pear Sorbet with Frozen Roquefort
• Terrazzo Cookies
• Pear, Gorgonzola + Walnut Potato-Crusted Quiche
• Burned Peach + Burrata with Hot sauce Dressing
• Prune + Thyme Sausage Rolls

Many of the recipes in Sweet are either vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free or gluten-free with options to suit all dietary preferences.

Author: Alexina Anatole
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 11/18/2025
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781623715878


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2025

About the Author
Alexina Anatole is a chef, TV presenter, and writer based in London. After reaching the final of UK MasterChef in 2021, she made a brave career change from the trading floor to the food world. Anatole also writes Small Wins, a Substack newsletter that enhances your cooking and your life in small, manageable ways. She has been featured on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen, Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, and BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. She also runs sold-out events, including Sel, London's most intimate supper club, and Cocoa POP, a chocolate-themed pop-up with chocolatier Octavia Lamb. Alexina is of mixed heritage: the granddaughter of chicken farmers from Cambridgeshire, England, and Saint Lucian grandparents who arrived in London during the Windrush era. Part of a series on the five tastes, Sweet is her second book--her first book, Bitter, was published in 2024.