For cooks who want to treat their mates and for parents who want to surprise their kids, "Breakfast in Bed" is the perfect cookbook. Featuring a host of detailed do-ahead tips to ensure less time cooking and more time snuggling, it serves up Banana Buttermilk Pancakes, Maple Baked Pears and 88 other recipes for everything from biscuits, omelets, pancakes and popovers to quickbreads, breakfast burritos and a delicious sampling of sides. For variety, the menu section illustrates the many different forms breakfast in bed can take, such as Breakfast on the Deck, Elegant Breakfast for Two and Breakfast on a Campout.

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Caring oozes from Jesse Ziff Cool's pen and pans in dishes such as My Mom's Nurturing Soft Cooked Eggs and Old-Fashioned Bread and Butter Pudding, and seductive flavors are evident in elegantly earthy creations such as Smoked Whitefish, Red Onion, and Caper Frittata with Caviar-Chive Sour Cream or Herb-Lemon Zest Popovers, and half a dozen mouth-watering fruit butters. Many of the recipes will work for brunch and light suppers as well as for breakfast, both in and out of bed. As she suggests, think of this food for sharing and for when you have a moment to pamper yourself.