Coffee is far more than simply the brew that wakes people up in the morning. Coffee shops dot the city streets around the world with specialty coffee drinks drawing lines of customers. We will share the secret recipes of your favorite specialty drinks. We even have some marvelous recipes using coffee as a flavoring or spice to add a very special touch. If you love coffee, you will love the secrets that we have to share.

Coffee flavoring is distinctive in most dessert recipes, but when adding to meat dishes, it tends to bring out the meat flavor without an overpowering coffee flavor. Try some of these coffee recipes to perk up your home cooking. The coffee in these recipes may be in brewed, whole bean or granulated coffee so be sure to read the recipe thoroughly before beginning to be sure you have the proper ingredients.

In cooking, coffee should be treated as a spice. However, the rules are similar to those you would apply when preparing coffee for drinking. Lighter roasts are more delicate but also more acidic, while darker ones are robust, toasty and strong. It's these that work best in cooked dishes where the coffee must hold its own against other powerful flavors

Delectable coffee recipes, and not just the liquid variety, abound in these pages. Choose from among hot and cold coffee drinks (many of them the alcoholic variety, like Coffee Punch a la Russe, Cafe Brulot, or Spanish-style Iced Coffee) coffee cakes, pies, soufflés and ice creams, to come up with your favorite caffeinated concoction.

If you love coffee, you will love the secret recipes that we have to share.