Thank you for your comments, Carol and d. I don't think I've seen
the Wilton books. A yearbook? So a different one comes out every
year. At Borders today I bought The Essential Cake Decorating
Guide, published by Thunder Bay Press in San Diego. If I like
the Deacon book that I ordered from Amazon, I'll look into Debbie
Brown's books.
I'm just starting to understand the many materials like buttercream,
fondant, sugarpaste, and marzipano. And then there's modelling
paste, modelling chocolate, flower paste, royal icing, glace icing,
ganache, and pastillage! Arghh! Haha. I've got a lot to learn.
One of the disappointing things I'm beginning to discern is that
decoration oftentimes amounts to a trade-off on taste. Sad.
Michael