Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate
by Alice Medrich
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These days, people are accustomed to seeing chocolate labeled 54%, 61%, or 72% on grocery store shelves, but some bakers are still confused by what the labeling means and how to use it. In Seriously Bitter Sweet, Alice Medrich presents 150 meticulously tested, seriously delicious recipes--both savory and sweet--for a wide range of percentage chocolates. "Chocolate notes" appear alongside, so readers can further adapt any recipe using the percentage chocolate on hand. The book is a complete show more revision of Alice's 2003 Bittersweet, which was named the 2004 IACP Cookbook of the Year. Since 2003, the world of chocolate has grown exponentially and terms like "bittersweet" and "semisweet" no longer suffice as chocolatiers everywhere are making chocolates that are labeled with specific percentages of cocoa.Alice clearly outlines the qualities of different chocolates as she explains how to cook with them. With tricks, techniques, and answers to every chocolate question, Seriously Bitter Sweet will appeal to a whole new audience of chocolate lovers show lessTags
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This cookbook is so good my sister and I bought it for each other for Christmas one year. I've had very good luck with the recipes in here, and the detailed information about types of chocolate (and how to substitute them for each other) is immensely helpful. There is also quite a lot of talk about chocolate and about the author's experiments with chocolate. It's great if you like wordy cookbooks (which I do).
It's all about chocolate, by a master in her field. Can't really go wrong.
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