Nostalgies 100 Desserts Rétro Revisités Recipe Book (french)

A French-language cookbook by Antoine Goulet and Philippe Dickey that revisits 100 retro Quebec desserts through simple, comforting recipes.

224 pages; French-language text; 100 retro dessert recipes; focus on Quebec's sugary heritage; authors Antoine Goulet and Philippe Dickey; publisher Les Éditions de l'Homme; publication date September 2025; ISBN 9782761965729.

Material

Reliure flexible, paper

Style

retro, traditional, heritage

Gender

unisex

Age Group

adult

Condition

new

Category

Media > Books > Print Books

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Product

Front cover of a cookbook shown flat; photographic cover art features multiple desserts and large stylized title text near the top center.

• Cover orientation and shapeRectangular portrait paperback book shown flat with its front cover facing the camera and visible full frontal area.
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• Main titleLarge stylized title word printed across the upper half of the cover in a retro script inside an orange banner.
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• Author lineShort author credit printed in small white type near the top left above the title.
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• Photographic dessert montagePhotographic arrangement of desserts covers most of the lower two thirds of the cover including a frosted layer cake with whipped cream and cherries, spiral rolled cookies dusted with coconut, a sliced loaf cake with cherries, three square brownies topped with a caramel layer and chocolate drizzle, and a stack of pink-glazed cookies.
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• Preface creditPreface attribution printed in decorative white type near the lower left of the cover.
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• Publisher logo blockSmall rectangular publisher logo and text block positioned near the lower right corner of the cover above the bottom edge.
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• Spine decorative trimNarrow vertical patterned decorative strip runs along the left edge of the cover adjacent to the spine.
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• Cover finishSmooth photographic print with even studio lighting and soft shadows around the book edges.
• Text: author“Antoine & Philippe”
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• Text: subtitle line“100 DESSERTS RÉTRO REVISITÉS”
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• Text: title word“Nostalgies”
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• Text: preface credit“Préface de Janette Bertrand”
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• Text: publisher“LES ÉDITIONS DE L'HOMME”Partial
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Other

Book placed on a light wood-grain surface photographed from above with neutral studio lighting and soft shadowing around the book edges.

• Background surfaceLight-colored wood panel with visible grain patterns serves as the background surface under the book.
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• Shot compositionCentered composition with the book occupying most of the frame and even margins of background visible on all sides.
• Lighting and shadowSoft, even studio lighting with a faint shadow cast beneath the book edges, no harsh specular highlights.

Colors

burgundy red· upper cover backgroundmid orange· title banner and accentspale lavender pink· lower cover fieldbright white· whipped cream and text highlightscherry red· cherries and small accentsdark chocolate brown· cake side coating and brownie basebubblegum pink· pink cookiesbuttery yellow· loaf cake interiorpatterned orange· spine patterned strip

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Product

Open cookbook laid flat showing a two-page illustrated spread of three stylized cakes on cake stands; visible orange page border and bound spine at center-right; wood surface visible beneath the book.

• Open book layoutTwo-page spread of a recipe book lying open with the gutter near the left-center and the right-hand page fully visible; top and bottom orange page borders visible.
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• Illustrated cakesThree large stylized cake illustrations across the spread: a chocolate-frosted cake with multicolored sprinkles on a lavender pedestal in the center, a white/pink frosted cake with cherries on a red pedestal on the right, and a partially visible cake on the left on a turquoise pedestal.
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• Page border and decorative sprinklesOrange border frames the top and right edges of the right-hand page with a band of small multicolored sprinkle graphics along the top inner margin and bottom inner margin of the page.
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• Binding and page edgesVisible bound page edges at the right of the book with stacked page fore-edges showing multiple colored page edges; inner gutter crease visible near center-left of image.
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• Paper texturePage surfaces show a subtle diagonal fine-lined texture visible across the cream page backgrounds.
• Partial left headline“TION”
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• Left cake caption“Naked Cake”
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• Center cake heading“Gourmand”
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• Right cake heading“Grandes occasions”
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• Body text blocksMultiple blocks of small paragraph text under each cake caption; text is too small to transcribe at this resolution but clearly present.
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Other

Image shows the book placed on a light wood surface photographed from above with soft even studio lighting; no people or additional props present; image cropped to show the right-hand page and part of the left page.

• Background surfaceLight wood table or board with visible grain fills the background around the book.
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• Shot compositionTop-down crop showing mostly the right-hand page and a slim view of the left page; spine area slightly left of center.
• Lighting and shadowEven diffuse lighting with soft shadows around page edges, minimal glare on paper.
• Image cropLeftmost cake is partially cropped by the image left edge; top edge of the book is visible with slight curvature at the gutter.
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Colors

medium orange· right page orange borderwarm cream· page backgroundmuted lavender· center cake pedestalmuted rose red· right cake pedestalbright turquoise· left visible pedestaldark chocolate· center cake frostingmulticolor sprinkles· center cake sprinklespale pink· right cake frosting and cherriesdark cherry red· right cherries

03

Product

An open cookbook laid flat showing a full-page lifestyle photo of a kitchen baking scene printed across the right-hand page; the left page is partially visible with a portrait crop. The visible book block shows many page edges on the right side.

• Open book layoutPhotobook opened flat to a two-page spread; right page shows a full-bleed kitchen scene photograph, left page is partially visible and contains a portrait image and decorative border.
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• Visible page block and fore edgeStack of pages visible as a narrow vertical band of many colored page edges along the right margin of the book.
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• Printed photograph content - baking tableFull-page printed photo shows a wooden table with scattered flour, a round dough ball, a block of butter on a small plate, a rolling pin, a glass jar containing a powdered ingredient, and a white-handled knife lying on the table.
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• Printed photograph content - bowls and measuring toolsPrinted photo includes a clear glass bowl with red fruit compote in the lower left, a glass measuring cup with dark contents near the center back, and a metal measuring spoon held above the pie shell sprinkling a white powder.
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• Printed photograph content - human handRight-hand side of the printed photo shows an adult right hand holding a metal measuring spoon above the table, pouring a white powder onto the pie shell.
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• Left page portrait fragmentLeft page shows the cropped portrait of a smiling woman with glasses and red hair at the left edge of the spread and a small floral-patterned bowl visible at the bottom of the left page.
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Other

The book is photographed on a light wood surface with soft directional lighting from above; the image is slightly cropped at the book edges and shows mild shadowing along the book edges.

• Background surfaceLight natural wood surface visible around the book, forming the staging background.
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• Shot composition and croppingTop-down slightly angled flatlay showing the opened book nearly filling the frame; right and left edges of the book touch the image borders so parts of the left page and fore edge are cropped.
• Lighting and shadowsEven warm lighting with soft shadows visible under the book and slight specular highlights on the printed photo indicating directional light.

Colors

warm off-white· page paperwarm orange-brown· printed photo - wooden tabledeep cherry red· printed photo - red fruit compotemuted olive green· printed photo - green cabinetreddish-brown· printed photo - wooden chair back