Christine McFadden

If you happen to be a Chocolate Fanatic, then you might like this book quite a bit more than I did....

Introduction; The History of Chocolate; Cultivation & Processing; Taste, Quality & Presentation; A World of Chocolate (Chocolate around the world); Physiology and Psychology; and The Recipes: Types of Chocolate; Techniques; Tea-Time; Cakes & Gateaux; Special Occasion & Novelty; Hot Desserts; Tarts, Pies & Cheesecakes; Chilled; Ices & Sorbets; Biscuits & Cookies; Little cakes, Slices & Bars; Sweets, Truffles & drinks; and sauces, Frostings & Icings... Addresses & Acknowledgements and Index.

Quite a lot of information, great photos, a wide variety of recipes using a wider variety of ingredients. These recipes are not for the first time baker, but are for someone more accomplished......

For my taste, there weren't enough recipes w/ coffee as an additional ingredient, but I did like the: Chocolate Coconut Roulade, Baked Chocolate & Raisin Cheesecake, and the Luxury White Chocolate Cheesecake.… (more)

A little bit oversized, each recipe with its own beautiful & simple photo. One recipe per page large font titles, easy to read ingredient lists placed well above the instructions which are numbered (1, 2, 3...) and never more than 5 simple steps.

Contents include: Introduction 4 recipe sections, & Index

Introduction includes: Regional cooking, fundamental techniques, Cooking equipment, & Ingredients

Meat & Poultry Dishes include: Wonton soup, Ants climbing a tree, Hoisin pork w/ garlic noodles, Fried rice w/ pork & shrimp, Pork ginger dumplings, sweet & sour spareribs, Stir fried lamb w/ orange, Beef chop suey, Gong bau chicken, Cross the bridge noodles, Peking duck, & Turkey w/ bamboo shoots & water chestnuts

Fish & Seafood Dishes include: Seafood chow mein, Five willow fish, Salmon & scallops w/ cilantro & lime, Monkfish stir fry, Sweet & sour sea bass, Wok fried jumbo shrimp in spicy sauce, Shrimp foo young, Drunken fish, Chilies stuffed w/ fish paste, Crispy crab wontons, Scallops in black bean sauce, Clams in black bean sauce, Sweet chili squid & Baby squid stuffed w/ pork &; mushrooms

Vegetable Dishes include: Mushroom & ginger soup, Spicy tofu, Oyster mushrooms & vegetables w/ peanut chili sauce, Broccoli & snow pea stir fry, Stuffed eggplant w/ spicy sauce, Sweet & sour vegetables w/ cashews, Mushroom & tofu firepot, Braised straw mushrooms, Vegetable & coconut curry, & Chengdu noodles in sesame sauce,

Side Dishes & Desserts include: Pork & shrimp egg rolls, Vegetarian egg rolls, Shrimp toasts, Stir fried bean sprouts, Spicy green beans, Hot & sour cabbage, Tea scented eggs, Mango pudding, Toffee bananas, Toffee apple slices, & Banana coconut fritters

A Great beginning cookbook.… (more)