The Great Book of Chocolate
by David Lebovitz
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A compact connoisseur's guide, with recipes, to today's cutting-edge array of chocolates and chocolate makers from former Chez Panisse pastry chef David Lebovitz. In this compact volume, David Lebovitz gives a succinct cacao botany lesson, explains the process of chocolate making, runs through chocolate terminology and types, presents information on health benefits, offers an evaluating and buying primer, profiles the world's top chocolate makers and chocolatiers (with a whole chapter show more dedicated to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. The Great Book of Chocolate includes more than 50 location and food photographs, and features more than 30 of Lebovitz's favorite chocolate recipes, from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies. His extensive resource section (with websites for international ordering) can bring the world's best chocolate to every door. A self-avowed chocoholic, Lebovitz nibbles chocolate every day, and with The Great Book of Chocolate in hand, he figures the rest of us will too. show lessTags
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David Lebovitz is a pastry chef, author, and blogger. Trained as a pastry chef in France and Belgium, he worked at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California for twelve years. He is the author of several books including Room for Dessert, Ripe for Dessert, Ready for Dessert: My Best Recipes, The Great Book of Chocolate, The Perfect Scoop, The Sweet Life show more in Paris, and My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Food & Cooking, General Nonfiction
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- 641.6374 — Applied Science & Technology Home economics & family management Food, Cooking & Recipes / Meals, Picnics Cooking specific materials Field and plantation crops Alkaloidal crops Cacao
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- TX767 .C5 .L4 — Technology Home economics Home economics Cooking
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