The Golden Book of Chocolate: Over 300 Great Recipes
by Carla Bardi, Claire Pietersen
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Author: Carla Bardi, Claire PietersenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 0764161571
Number of pages: 700
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
Book Reviews of The Golden Book of Chocolate: Over 300 Great Recipes
Book Review: Fantastic to look at, and even better to cook from!
Summary: 5 Stars
I flipped through this book for quite a while before I finally decided I had to have it. I'm a pastry chef and probably own 50+ chocolate specialty books -- I am now a proud owner of this one as well. The book just looks cool. I'll admit, I was suckered into it just because of the shiny gold cover. Each page edge is coated in a gold leaf that just makes the book feel rich. The recipes are all accompanied by full color photos, which is so important. I am always more tempted to cook things if I can see a photo first.
And the other thing I love is that most of the recipes utilize typical household ingredients that you should have in your pantry. Of course there are a few specialty ingredients here and there, but it's not like you'll be spending loads of money on ingredients to cook these recipes.
The book is very clearly organized into categories, consisting of Cookies, Bars & Brownies, Muffins & Cupcakes, pastries, elegant desserts, Pies & Tarts, Puddings & Creams, Tea & Coffee Cakes, Layer Cakes, Candy, Savory Dishes, Drinks, and Basic Recipes.
I would definitely recommend this to the chocoholic in your life, or dessert addict. I've already cooked quite a few of the recipes and have a bunch more bookmarked for future dates. Happy Baking!
Summary of The Golden Book of Chocolate: Over 300 Great Recipes
This book might easily be the most lavish, the most complete, and most beautiful book ever published on the subject of that most sensuous of all foods--chocolate. Filled with history, anecdotes, and recipes, and featuring hundreds of lavish full-color photos, The Golden Book of Chocolate is literally a chocolate lover's dream come true. A fascinating detailed account chronicles chocolate's origins among the Aztecs of ancient Mexico, its importation to Europe, and the development of the modern chocolate industry as we know it today. But recipes are at the heart of this book. Separate chapters are devoted to chocolate's central role in easy-to-follow recipes for:? Cookies ? Bars and Brownies ? Muffins and Cupcakes ? Pastries ? Elegant Desserts ? Pies and Tarts ? Puddings and Creams ? Tea and Coffee Cakes ? Layer Cakes ? Candy ? Savory Dishes ? Drinks ? Basic Recipes
Each recipe includes a list of ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and a large, full-color photo of the finished item. The book's final "Basic Recipes" chapter shows how to prepare chocolate ingredients that go into the making of other chocolate-based delicacies. They include chocolate pastry cream, chocolate custard, chocolate sauce, and several other sumptuous ingredients. This beautiful book is embellished with a ribbon place marker bound into the spine and features golden-tipped page edges.
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A Capsule History of Chocolate
Among the Aztecs the drinking of chocolate was confined to the royal house, the lords, and the nobility. A report by Spanish conquistador Bernial Diaz del Castillo noted that Montezuma drank chocolate several times a day from beakers made of pure gold. The Spanish brought chocolate to Europe in the late 1500s, and by the 1660s it was a favorite drink of Renaissance Italian noblemen. In the 1800s it became a popular drink among the literary figures who gathered in London's coffee houses, and in the nineteenth century the world's first chocolate candy was produced in the city of Bristol, England .
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