ACCORDING TO NATION’S RESTAURANT NEWS, pie is the top food trend of 2011 and mini is the top buzzword. So what better than a book about mini pies for the mini food-lovers in your life? Author Jennifer Adams ushers in the hottest new trend in the food world with Cutie Pies for Kids, a collection of mini-size dessert favorites. With 26 recipes, from creamy pies to fruit pies to extravagant pies like Chewy Gooey and Baked Alaska, Cutie Pies for Kids has every kind of pie you’d want, but in adorable miniature form.

RECIPES INCLUDE:

Go Bananas! White Chocolate Gingersnap Pistachio Cream Pie Pear Tartlet Somethin’ Phishy Fluffy Raspberry Chewy Gooey Pirate’s Limey Chocolate Satin and Ribbons

Jennifer Adams is a writer and cookbook editor. She is coauthor of 101 Things To Do With Cheese and 101 Things To Do With Gelatin. She lives in Salt Lake City.

Creative ideas for cooking up bite-sized desserts