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BOOK REVIEW
The Great Book of Chocolate
by David Lebovitz
In this compact volume, he 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 dedicated
to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. More than 30 of his favorite
chocolate recipes - from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double
Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies - are icing on the cake. 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.
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.
Includes more than 50 location and food photographs.
Chocolate - like its predecessors coffee, wine, and bread - is the latest darling of the food scene.
The New York Times on Lebovitz’s first book: - Instructions are clear and simple, and the recipes are so good that it becomes clear what a master baker he is.-
DAVID LEBOVITZ was a pastry chef at Chez Panisse for 12 years and at Bruce Cost’s critically acclaimed Monsoon restaurant in San Francisco.
He attended Callebaut College in Wieze, Belgium, and has trained at the Ecole Lenotre in Paris. Named one of the top five pastry chefs in the Bay
Area by the San Francisco Chronicle, he teaches cooking classes throughout North America and leads culinary tours in Paris and other European cities.
He is the author of Room for Dessert and Ripe for Dessert (both HarperCollins), and a collaborator on The Baker’s Dozen Cookbook (Morrow). His
articles have been published in numerous magazines.
Let's Get Cooking!
While there are many reasons for teaching kids to cook -- less expensive than eating out, preserves family heritage, etc, the most important
reason is that by teaching your child to cook, you're giving him a better chance to be a healthy grown-up. Enabling your child with the ability
to appreciate freshness and to transform ingredients into tasty foods opens their eyes to making wiser choices about what to eat...
The Great Book of Chocolate
Let's Get Cooking!
