Like many others we have been waiting for Ottolenghi’s baking & dessert cookbook for years. Written together with longtime collaborator  Helen Goh, it contains many innovative and mouthwatering recipes, from Blackberry and Star Anise Friands, Tahini and Halva Brownies, Persian Love Cakes, Middle Eastern Millionaire’s Shortbread, and Saffron, Orange and Honey Madeleines to Flourless Chocolate Layer Cake with Coffee, Walnut and Rosewater and Cinnamon Pavlova with Praline Cream and Fresh Figs. I mean, where to begin?