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For immediate release July 15, 2015 The Cookie King Reigns with New Cookbook! BEAUFORT, SC - Since the age of nine, Robert Merten has baked cookies. Now, Lydia Inglett Publishing has published a collection of his unique, sweet and savory recipes. The Cookie King, A Lifetime Journey of Cookie Baking features, for the first time, Merten’s secret cookie recipes. Created over decades of baking, these taste-tested recipes include: Carrot Cake Cookies, Chocolate Palmiers, Stilton Cheese Walnut Cookies, Garam Masala Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chinese 5-Spice Cookies, Cardamom Meyer Lemon Cookies, Lemon & Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cookies, Robert’s famous Granola and Granola Bars and many more. Additionally, Merten shares his food presentation and styling expertise from fun, vintage displays to elegant settings to heighten cookies to a special food course. The high quality, wipe-clean, hardcover book with dust jacket is 144 pages with 199 full color photos including how-to and food styling. The book debut event will be at Saltus Restaurant, Bay St., Beaufort, SC, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The media is invited to attend. The event will feature food from the book, as well as showcase The Cookie King Boutique. The author will be on hand to personalize books. “After more than forty-five years of baking, I have come to realize that while progress moves us forward and we have prepared refrigerator dough, mass market store brands, and famous cookie chains, nothing for me will ever replace the baking of cookies at home, sharing them with family and friends, and creating memories of each recipe. The process of baking cookies will endure in your memory, live in your heart, and soothe your soul.” – Robert Merten, The Cookie King The author is available for Cookie King catered events, interviews, speaking engagements and book signings. CONTACT: Robert@thecookiekingbaking.com Phone: (843) 271-3230 Web site: www.cookiekingbaking.com The Cookie King, A Lifetime Journey of Cookie Baking ISBN: 978-1-938417-19-1 Format: 8.5 x 11 inches Wipe clean Hardbound with Dust jacket 144 pages, full color $34.95