Following up on her very popular Snacking Cakes, Brooklyn-based baker Yossy Arefi offers more than 60 recipes for easy-to-bake, sweet and savory treats. She has a playful, contemporary sense of flavor and is generous with smart baking tips, making this an appealing choice for novice bakers but also a handy one for more experienced hands. Among the recipes that stood out for us: Salt and pepper olive oil shortbread (good for vegans) Coffee-glazed molasses bars Cornmeal carrot cake Strawberry lime almond cake Cheesy jalapeno corn bread Everything bagel bread with scallions Arefi includes a variety of informative sidebars, including instructions on making almost any drop cookie into a brookie (brownies baked with cookie dough on top). And most recipes come with flavor variations as well as notes on using pans different than she recommends. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.