Dessert Can Save the World

Stories, Secrets, and Recipes for a Stubbornly Joyful Existence

By: Christina Tosi

Narrated by: Christina Tosi

The James Beard Award–winning founder of Milk Bar and host of Bake Squad shares her personal stories and wisdom for igniting passion, following your joy, and creating a satisfying life.

Dessert connects us heart-to-heart like almost nothing else. It brings us together in good times and bad, celebration and solace. It marks big and small milestones and creates memories of comfort and joy. And Christina Tosi, the founder and CEO of Milk Bar, believes it can save the world.

Does the combination of sugar, flour, and butter have some magical ability to fix all the craziness of our modern existence? Of course not. Tosi knows a cookie is just a cookie—but bringing the joy a cookie holds into every area of your life most definitely can. The spirit of dessert—the relentless, unflinching commitment to finding or creating joy even when joy feels hard to come by—is what can save us. And then we, in turn, can each save the world.

Tosi shares the wisdom she learned growing up surrounded by strong women who showed her baking’s ability to harness love and create connection, as well as personal stories about succeeding in the highly competitive food world by unapologetically being her true self. Studded with personal and unorthodox recipes, Dessert Can Save the World reveals the secret ingredients for transforming our outlooks, our relationships, our work, and our entire collective existence into something boldly optimistic and stubbornly joyful.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of recipes from the book

❤️

Magic. Affirming. Life-changing. Grateful for Tosi and this book! Love that she narrates it too! Makes it even more special.

I bought head scarves!

I liked Christina before listening to this book! But now I LOVE HER! I work in a kitchen as a pastry chef and now I have a new take on what I do! the quirky little stories she told were made all the better by hearing them from her voice!
I actually went out and bought some head scarves ... why??? because Christina Tosi told me to! lol
when I grow up I want to be just like Christina Tosi!

Perfect milkshake!

So relatable, accessible down-to-earth. Modeling compassion and kindness and celebrating our unique and rightful place in the human fabric is like a balm we all need right now. Christina Tosi is an inspiration and a guiding light!

Inspirational

Her life was such an adventure! She stayed true to herself no matter what people said or did. So many applicable lessons

I needed this

I’m so glad Christina Tosi voiced the book herself. She truly connected and gave me hope about raising my consciousness to a higher level after the many challenging experiences of the past few years. Baking is my happy place and have had to give it up for a time because of illness and downsizing in retirement. She reminded me that there is so much more to life now that I’m well and settled into a new home with the joy of being surrounded by my grandkids who love my baking. Thank you, Christina! From the bottom of my dessert-loving heart.